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*Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Tenore. Bull Thistle. Phen: Late Jun-Nov. Hab: Meadows, pastures, and disturbed areas. Dist: Native of Europe.

Origin/Endemic status: Europe

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl7, FNA19, G, GrPl, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Oh3, Ok, Pa, SE1, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3; < Carduus lanceolatus L. – RAB; < Cirsium lanceolatum (L.) Scop. – S, misapplied

Links to other floras: = Cirsium vulgare - FNA19

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: UPL
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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image of plant© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect biennial of meadows, pastures and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.

Stems: Stems stout, somewhat angular, occasionally branched, light green, covered in spreading white hairs.

Leaves: Leaves basal (first year) and alternate on stem, elliptic to lance-shaped with long-tapering bases, to 7 in. long, pinnately lobed, the lobes armed with long spines, rough-surfaced above.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) 1-several at top of stem, 1 1/2-2 in. wide and fluffy, consisting of many purplish-pink tubular florets, each with 5 thread-like lobes. Numerous prickly, green bracts tapering to stiff, recurved points surround the urn-shaped base of each head.

Fruits: Fruit a fluffy cluster of seeds, each with a tuft of whitish hairs.

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Height: 3-6 ft.

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description: Erect biennial of meadows, pastures and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.

stems: Stems stout, somewhat angular, occasionally branched, light green, covered in spreading white hairs.

leaves: Leaves basal (first year) and alternate on stem, elliptic to lance-shaped with long-tapering bases, to 7 in. long, pinnately lobed, the lobes armed with long spines, rough-surfaced above.

inflorescence:

flowers: Composite flowers (heads) 1-several at top of stem, 1 1/2-2 in. wide and fluffy, consisting of many purplish-pink tubular florets, each with 5 thread-like lobes. Numerous prickly, green bracts tapering to stiff, recurved points surround the urn-shaped base of each head.

fruits: Fruit a fluffy cluster of seeds, each with a tuft of whitish hairs.

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