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Silybum Adans.
milkthistle

       
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Silybum Adans.

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Distribution:
Silybum Adans.

 
Distribution Map Legend

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)
 

Related Taxa:
Silybum Adans.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Silybum eburneum Coss. & Durieu. .
Silybum eburneum
Distribution of Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.. . Image Available.
Silybum marianum
blessed milkthistle
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Silybum Adans.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
   
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 Silybum Adans. – milkthistle
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Silybum Adans.

This plant is 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:
thistle              Noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Silybum Adans.

thistle

This plant 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.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Silybum Adans.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38412.

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

 
 
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