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Onopordum acanthium L.
Scotch cottonthistle

       
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Photo of Onopordum acanthium L.
©Gary A. Monroe. United States, NV, Washoe Co. July 24, 2002. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Images:
Onopordum acanthium L.

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Synonyms:
Onopordum acanthium L.

  ONACA Onopordum acanthium L. ssp. acanthium   Scotch thistle
 

Distribution:
Onopordum acanthium L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Onopordum acanthium L.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 3 species in Onopordum
 

Classification:
Onopordum acanthium L.

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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 Onopordum L. – cottonthistle
Species Onopordum acanthium L. – Scotch cottonthistle
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Onopordum acanthium L.

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.

Arizona:
Scotch thistle              Prohibited noxious weed
Scotch thistle              Restricted noxious weed
Arkansas:
Onopordum
thistle              Noxious weed
California:
Scotch thistle              A list (noxious weeds)
Colorado:
Scotch thistle              B list (noxious weeds)
Connecticut:
Scotch thistle              Potentially invasive, banned
Idaho:
Scotch thistle              Noxious weed
Missouri:
Scotch thistle              Noxious weed
Nevada:
Scotch thistle              Noxious weed
New Mexico:
Scotch thistle              Class A noxious weed
Oklahoma:
Scotch thistle              Noxious weed
Oregon:
Scotch thistle              "B" designated weed
Scotch thistle              Quarantine
Utah:
Scotch thistle              Noxious weed
Washington:
Scotch thistle              Class B noxious weed
Scotch thistle              Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine
Wyoming:
Scotch thistle              Noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Onopordum acanthium L.

Scotch cotton thistle
Scotch thistle
cotton thistle
heraldic thistle
Onopordum
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.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
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.
 

Introduced Information:
Onopordum acanthium L.

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:
Onopordum acanthium L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38140.

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

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

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

 

Related Web Sites:
Onopordum acanthium L.

AZ-Northern Arizona Weed Council

AZ-Northern Arizona Weed Council

BLM Environmental Education-Weeds

CA-County Noxious Weed Project List (Scotch thistle)

CO-Douglas County Weed Education

Canada-Ontario Noxious Weeds

Idaho One Plan: noxious abstract & images

Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

NV-Extension Weed Wanted Posters

OK-OSU Extension-Thistles and their Identification

Swedish Virtual Flora: images & text (in Swedish)

UT-Unwanted Weeds-Utah Department of Transportation

UT-Utah's 17 Most Noxious Weeds

Victoria - Natural Resources & Environment: Landcare Notes

WA-King County Noxious Weeds

WA-Noxious Weed List & Information

 
 
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