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Tall Thistle
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Tall Thistle

Cirsium altissimum

Cirsium altissimum is a North American species of plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family. Common name is tall thistle or roadside thistle. The species is native to the eastern and Central United States, with a range extending from Massachusetts west to North Dakota and south to Texas and the Florida Panhandle.

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Tall Thistle in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.747

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 152132.