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| PLANTS Profile |
Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
blessed milkthistle
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Images:
Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
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Synonyms:
Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
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CAMA32 |
Carduus marianus L. |
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MAMA27 |
Mariana mariana (L.) Hill |
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Distribution:
Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, GA, IN, LA, MA, MD, MI, MS, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV), CAN (AB, BC, NB, NS, ON, QC, SK) |
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Related Taxa:
Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
View
477 genera in Asteraceae,
2 species in Silybum
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Classification:
Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS
Classification Report.
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Noxious Weed Information:
Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
This plant and the related entity italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place
name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location,
or click here for a composite list of all
Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
| Arkansas: |
| Silybum |
| thistle |
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Noxious weed |
| Oregon: |
| milk thistle |
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"B" designated weed |
| Washington: |
| milk thistle |
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Class A noxious weed |
| milk thistle |
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Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine |
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U.S. Weed Information:
Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
blessed milkthistle
milk thistle
spotted thistle
variegated thistle
Silybum
thistle
This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant
may be known by one or more common names in different
places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym
to view each weed list, or click here for a
composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
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Assorted authors.
200_.
State noxious weed lists for 46 states.
State agriculture or natural resource departments.
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Southern Weed Science Society.
1998.
Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM.
Southern Weed Science Society.
Champaign, Illinois.
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Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.
1996.
Weeds of the West.
Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming.
Laramie, Wyoming.
630pp.
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Introduced Information:
Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS
Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on
link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.
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More Accounts and Images:
Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
View photographs from CalPhotos.
View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38413.
View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).
View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.
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Related Web Sites:
Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
Arizona: abstract & image of milk thistle (Silybum marianum)
Herbal Information Resources
MT-Center for Invasive Plant Management
New Zealand Environment Bay of Plenty: abstract & images
The Nature Conservancy: Wildland Weeds Management & Research Program
Victoria - Natural Resources & Environment: Landcare Notes
WA-King County Noxious Weeds
WA-Noxious Weed List & Information
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