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Cirsium oleraceum, the cabbage thistle [3] or Siberian thistle, is a species of thistle in the genus Cirsium within the family Asteraceae, native to central and eastern Europe and Asia, where it grows in wet lowland soils. [4] Cirsium oleraceum is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.5 m tall, the stems unbranched or with only a very few ...
The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus / ˈ s ɪ n ər ə k ɑːr ˈ d ʌ n k j ʊ l ə s /), [2] [3] also called the artichoke thistle, is a thistle in the family Asteraceae. It is a naturally occurring species that also has many cultivated forms , including the globe artichoke .
As well, some thistle species are valued as ornamental garden plants. Perhaps the most famous thistle of all (actually not a “true” thistle, but related) is the species that provides us with ...
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 plants develop a rosette, with large leaves up to about 40 centimetres (16 inches) long. [6] The seeds are able to germinate between 15 °C to 30 °C, thriving in conditions that offer moist soil and an alternating day/night temperature. [8] A single plant is able to produce around 100 seeds per flower, up to about 20,000 seeds per plant. [8]
The leaves along the stem are alternate and measure up to 23 cm (9 in) long and 8 cm (3 in) wide. [4] Leaves vary in shape, with larger leaves generally lanceolate, and smaller leaves elliptic. They could be uncut to deeply pinnately lobed, varying from plant-to-plant and even on the same plant. [3]
Cirsium palustre is a tall thistle which reaches up to 2 metres (7 ft) in height. The strong stems have few branches and are covered in small spines. In its first year the plant grows as a dense rosette, at first with narrow, entire leaves with spiny, dark purple edges; later, larger leaves are lobed.
Kali tragus, the Russian thistle Leaves of a mature plant coming into flower, each leaf with one flower and two bracts in its axil. Salsola tragus is an annual forb.In habit, the young plant is erect, but it grows into a rounded clump of branched, tangled stems, each one up to about a metre long.