| Plant tribe | Plant genus | Plant species | Part of plant | Region | Literature | Source |
| Carduoideae | Carduus | acanthoides | Flowerhead | Merz (1994) | Citation for foreign breed | |
| crispus | Flowerhead | Merz (1994) | Citation for foreign breed | |||
| defloratus | Flowerhead | Switzerland | Merz (1994) | Breeding - Switzerland | ||
| nutans | Flowerhead | Switzerland | Merz (1994) | Breeding - Switzerland | ||
| Cirsium | arvense | Flowerhead | Switzerland | Merz (1994) | Breeding - Switzerland | |
| eriophorum | Flowerhead | Switzerland | Merz (1994) | Breeding - Switzerland | ||
| erisithales | Flowerhead | Switzerland | Merz (1994) | Breeding - Switzerland | ||
| oleraceum | Flowerhead | Merz (1994) | Citation for foreign breed | |||
| palustre | Flowerhead | Switzerland | Merz (1994) | Breeding - Switzerland | ||
| rivulare | Flowerhead | Merz (1994) | Citation for foreign breed | |||
| vulgare | Flowerhead | Switzerland | Merz (1994) | Breeding - Switzerland |