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Cirsium ochrocentrum A. Gray
yellowspine thistle

       
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Photo of Cirsium ochrocentrum A. Gray
Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Texas State Office. Usage Requirements.
 
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Cirsium ochrocentrum A. Gray

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Distribution:
Cirsium ochrocentrum A. Gray

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USA (AZ, CA, CO, KS, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, UT, WI, WY)
 

Related Taxa:
Cirsium ochrocentrum A. Gray

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 95 species in Cirsium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Cirsium ochrocentrum A. Gray ssp. martinii P. Barlow. .
Cirsium ochrocentrum ssp. martinii
Distribution of Cirsium ochrocentrum A. Gray ssp. ochrocentrum. .
Cirsium ochrocentrum ssp. ochrocentrum
yellowspine thistle
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Cirsium ochrocentrum A. Gray

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus Cirsium Mill. – thistle
Species Cirsium ochrocentrum A. Gray – yellowspine thistle
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Cirsium ochrocentrum A. Gray

This plant and the related entities 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:
Cirsium
thistle              Noxious weed
California:
yellowspine thistle              A list (noxious weeds)
Iowa:
Cirsium
thistle              Primary noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Cirsium ochrocentrum A. Gray

yellowspine thistle
Cirsium
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.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
WSWS        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.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Cirsium ochrocentrum A. Gray

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 36392.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Cirsium ochrocentrum A. Gray

University of New Mexico: Cirsium Web Sites

 
 
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