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Plume Thistles
Cirsium
Cirsium is a genus of perennial and biennial flowering plants in the Asteraceae, one of several genera known commonly as thistles. They are more precisely known as plume thistles. These differ from other thistle genera (Carduus, Silybum and Onopordum) in having feathered hairs to their achenes. The other genera have a pappus of simple unbranched hairs.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Bull Thistle
speciesCirsium vulgare
creeping thistle
speciesCirsium arvense
Marsh Thistle
speciesCirsium palustre
Cirsium series Altissima
complexAltissima
bristle thistle
speciesCirsium horridulum
Cobwebby Thistle
speciesCirsium occidentale
Texas Thistle
speciesCirsium texanum
Cabbage Thistle
speciesCirsium oleraceum
wavyleaf thistle
speciesCirsium undulatum
Melancholy Thistle
speciesCirsium heterophyllum
Elk Thistle
speciesCirsium scariosum
New Mexico thistle
speciesCirsium neomexicanum
swamp thistle
speciesCirsium muticum
Stemless Thistle
speciesCirsium acaulon
Nuttall's Thistle
speciesCirsium nuttallii
Erythrolaena
sectionErythrolaena
Spiniest thistle
speciesCirsium spinosissimum
Japanese thistle
speciesCirsium japonicum
Arizona thistle
speciesCirsium arizonicum
Yellow Thistle
speciesCirsium erisithales
Edible Thistle
speciesCirsium edule
Pitcher's thistle
speciesCirsium pitcheri
yellowspine thistle
speciesCirsium ochrocentrum
Anderson's thistle
speciesCirsium andersonii
pasture thistle
speciesCirsium pumilum
Short-styled Thistle
speciesCirsium brevistylum
Flodman's thistle
speciesCirsium flodmanii
Hooker's Thistle
speciesCirsium hookerianum
Queen Anne's thistle
speciesCirsium canum
Brook Thistle
speciesCirsium rivulare
ground thistle
speciesCirsium esculentum
Alishan thistle
speciesCirsium arisanense
Cirsium serrulatum
speciesCirsium serrulatum
Wheeler's thistle
speciesCirsium wheeleri
Mountain Thistle
speciesCirsium scopulorum
Alameda thistle
speciesCirsium quercetorum
peregrine thistle
speciesCirsium cymosum
Gray Thistle
speciesCirsium griseum
Cirsium helenioides
speciesCirsium helenioides
prairie thistle
speciesCirsium canescens
Fountain Thistle
speciesCirsium fontinale
Mojave thistle
speciesCirsium mohavense
sandhill thistle
speciesCirsium repandum
Cirsium rhaphilepis
speciesCirsium rhaphilepis
Kamchatka thistle
speciesCirsium kamtschaticum
Parry's Thistle
speciesCirsium parryi
Cirsium filipendulum
speciesCirsium filipendulum
Mexican Thistle
speciesCirsium mexicanum
Pannonic Thistle
speciesCirsium pannonicum
Cirsium obvallatum
speciesCirsium obvallatum
California swamp thistle
speciesCirsium douglasii
Cirsium monspessulanum
speciesCirsium monspessulanum
Fewleaf Thistle
speciesCirsium remotifolium
Cirsium serratuloides
speciesCirsium serratuloides
Meadow Thistle
speciesCirsium dissectum
funky thistle
speciesCirsium funkiae
Cirsium alsophilum
speciesCirsium alsophilum
dwarf thistle
speciesCirsium drummondii
Cirsium nivale
speciesCirsium nivale
Tuberous Thistle
speciesCirsium tuberosum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.296
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.376
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.375
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.374
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.605
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.613
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.745
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.731
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.761
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.676
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.734
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.735
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