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The spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare), an abundant native species in Scotland, is a more likely candidate. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Other species, including dwarf thistle ( Cirsium acaule ), musk thistle ( Carduus nutans ), and melancholy thistle ( Cirsium heterophyllum ) have also been suggested.
Cirsium vulgare, the spear thistle, bull thistle, or common thistle, is a species of the Asteraceae genus Cirsium, native throughout most of Europe (north to 66°N, locally 68°N), Western Asia (east to the Yenisei Valley), and northwestern Africa (Atlas Mountains).
Cirsium vulgare (spear thistle) is listed in the United States (where as a non-native invasive species it has been renamed "bull thistle") as a noxious weed in nine states. [6] Some species in particular are cultivated in gardens and wildflower plantings for their aesthetic value and/or to support pollinators such as bees and butterflies.
The Cardueae are a tribe of flowering plants in the daisy family and the subfamily Carduoideae. [5] Most of them are commonly known as thistles; [6] four of the best known genera are Carduus, [7] Cynara (containing the widely eaten artichoke), Cirsium, [7] and Onopordum.
Cirsium arvense is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native throughout Europe and western Asia, northern Africa and widely introduced elsewhere.
Nevertheless, the native thistles deserve respect as part of our natural landscapes, and should be considered as well for home gardens. John Nelson is a retired botanist from the herbarium at the ...
Cirsium horridulum, called bristly thistle, purple thistle, or yellow thistle is a North American species of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. It is an annual or biennial . [ 2 ]
Separate cypselae. Onopordum acanthium (cotton thistle, Scotch (or Scottish) thistle) is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.It is native to Europe and Western Asia from the Iberian Peninsula east to Kazakhstan, and north to central Scandinavia, and widely naturalised elsewhere, [1] [2] [3] with especially large populations present in the United States and Australia.