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Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill
tall thistle

       
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Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill

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Synonyms:
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill

  CAAL22 Carduus altissimus L.
  CIALB Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill var. biltmoreanum Petr.
 

Distribution:
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill

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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, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 95 species in Cirsium
 

Classification:
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill

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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 altissimum (L.) Hill – tall thistle
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill

The related entities italicized and indented above 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
Iowa:
Cirsium
thistle              Primary noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill

roadside thistle
tall 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.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill

View species account, photographs, 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 36337.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

 

Related Web Sites:
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill

IL-Weeds of the North Central States

University of New Mexico: Cirsium Web Sites

Wildflowers of Western Kentucky

 
 
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