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Cirsium canescens Nutt.
prairie thistle

       
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Line Drawing of Cirsium canescens Nutt.
Cirsium nebraskense

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 552. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Cirsium canescens Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Cirsium canescens Nutt.

  CAUNC Carduus undulatus Nutt. var. canescens (Nutt.) Porter
  CINE3 Cirsium nebraskense (Britton) Lunell
  CINE4 Cirsium nelsonii (Pammel) Petr.
  CIPL2 Cirsium plattense (Rydb.) Cockerell ex Daniels
 

Distribution:
Cirsium canescens Nutt.

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (CO, IA, ID, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, OH, SD, WI, WY)
 

Related Taxa:
Cirsium canescens Nutt.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 95 species in Cirsium
 

Classification:
Cirsium canescens Nutt.

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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 canescens Nutt. – prairie thistle
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Cirsium canescens Nutt.

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 canescens Nutt.

Platte thistle
prairie 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 canescens Nutt.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36350.

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

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

 
 
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