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Cirsium virginianum (L.) Michx.
Virginia thistle

       
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Line Drawing of Cirsium virginianum (L.) Michx.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 550. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Cirsium virginianum (L.) Michx.

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Synonyms:
Cirsium virginianum (L.) Michx.

  CAVI10 Carduus virginianus L.
  CIRE4 Cirsium revolutum (Small) Petr.
 

Distribution:
Cirsium virginianum (L.) Michx.

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USA (DE, FL, GA, NC, NJ, SC, VA)
 

Related Taxa:
Cirsium virginianum (L.) Michx.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 95 species in Cirsium
 

Classification:
Cirsium virginianum (L.) Michx.

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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 virginianum (L.) Michx. – Virginia thistle
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cirsium virginianum (L.) Michx.

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 protected plant list for that location.

New Jersey:
Virginia thistle              Endangered
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Cirsium virginianum (L.) Michx.

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 virginianum (L.) Michx.

Cirsium
thistle

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.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cirsium virginianum (L.) Michx.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW,OBL FACW OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Cirsium virginianum (L.) Michx.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36427.

 
 
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