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Cirsium andrewsii is an uncommon species of thistle known by the common name Franciscan thistle. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the coastline of the San Francisco Bay Area from Marin to San Mateo Counties. [3] There are also reports of isolated populations in the Klamath Mountains and in the Sierra Nevada. [4]
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Spreng. – roadside thistle, tall thistle; Cirsium andersonii Petr. – Anderson's thistle, rose thistle; Cirsium andrewsii Jeps. – Franciscan thistle; Cirsium arisanense Kitam. Cirsium arizonicum (A.Gray) Petr. – Arizona thistle; Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. – creeping thistle, field thistle Cirsium arvense var ...
Milk thistle flowerhead Cirsium arizonicum, showing arachnoid cobwebbiness on stems and leaves, with ants attending aphids that might be taking advantage of the shelter. Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterized by leaves with sharp spikes on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all ...
Cirsium fontinale, the fountain thistle, is a flowering perennial herb in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to California . The genus Cirsium is commonly known as the "thistle" genus, Cirsium being the Greek word for 'thistle.'
Creeping thistle foliage is used as a food by over 20 species of Lepidoptera, including the painted lady butterfly and the engrailed moth, and several species of aphids. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] [ 33 ] The C. arvense species is also noted to be a food source for the Altica cirsicola beetle species.
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).
Francis of Assisi, founder of the Order of Friars Minor; oldest known portrait in existence of the saint, dating back to St. Francis' retreat to Subiaco (1223–1224). The Order of Friars Minor (commonly called the Franciscans, the Franciscan Order, or the Seraphic Order; [2] postnominal abbreviation O.F.M.) is a mendicant Catholic religious order, founded in 1209 by Francis of Assisi.
Cirsium eriophorum, the woolly thistle, [2] is a herbaceous biennial species of flowering plant in the genus Cirsium of the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Europe. It is a large biennial plant with sharp spines on the tips of the leaves, and long, woolly hairs on much of the foliage.