Any of various perennial herbs or small shrubs of the genus Acanthus, native to the Mediterranean and having pinnately lobed basal leaves with spiny margins and showy spikes of white or purplish flowers.

• 爵床，茛苕一种常年生爵床属草本植物或小灌木，生长于地中海地区，有叶边带刺的羽状裂片基叶，及由白色或紫红色花朵构成的艳丽穗状花序