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Carduus nutans L.
nodding plumeless thistle

       
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©Elaine Haug. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology-Botany. United States, VA, Woodbridge, Occoquan National Wildlife Refuge. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Images:
Carduus nutans L.

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Synonyms:
Carduus nutans L.

  CAMA29 Carduus macrocephalus Desf.  
  CAMA30 Carduus macrolepis Peterm.  
  CANUL Carduus nutans L. ssp. leiophyllus (Petrovic) Stojanov & Stef.   nodding plumeless thistle
  CANUM Carduus nutans L. ssp. macrocephalus (Desf.) Nyman   nodding plumeless thistle
  CANUM2 Carduus nutans L. ssp. macrolepis (Peterm.) Kazmi   nodding plumeless thistle
  CANUN Carduus nutans L. ssp. nutans   nodding plumeless thistle
  CANUL2 Carduus nutans L. var. leiophyllus (Petrovic) Arènes  
  CANUM3 Carduus nutans L. var. macrocephalus (Desf.) B. Boivin  
  CANUV Carduus nutans L. var. vestitus (H.M. Hallier) B. Boivin  
 

Distribution:
Carduus nutans 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, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Carduus nutans L.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 6 species in Carduus
 

Classification:
Carduus nutans 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 Carduus L. – plumeless thistle
Species Carduus nutans L. – nodding plumeless thistle
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Carduus nutans L.

This plant and the related entities 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.

Arkansas:
Carduus
thistle              Noxious weed
California:
musk thistle              A list (noxious weeds)
Colorado:
musk thistle              B list (noxious weeds)
Idaho:
musk thistle              Noxious weed
Illinois:
musk thistle              Noxious weed
Iowa:
Carduus
thistle              Primary noxious weed
Kansas:
musk thistle, nodding thistle              Noxious weed
Kentucky:
musk thistle              Noxious weed
Maryland:
musk thistle, nodding thistle              Noxious weed
Minnesota:
musk thistle              Prohibited noxious weed
Missouri:
musk thistle              Noxious weed
Nebraska:
musk thistle              Noxious weed
Nevada:
musk thistle              Noxious weed
New Mexico:
musk thistle              Class B noxious weed
North Carolina:
musk thistle              Class B noxious weed
North Dakota:
musk thistle              Noxious weed
Ohio:
musk thistle              Prohibited noxious weed
Oklahoma:
musk thistle              Noxious weed
Oregon:
musk thistle              "B" designated weed
musk thistle              Quarantine
Pennsylvania:
musk thistle, nodding thistle              Noxious weed
South Dakota:
musk thistle              Regulated non-native plant species
Utah:
musk thistle              Noxious weed
Washington:
musk thistle              Class B noxious weed
musk thistle, nodding thistle              Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine
West Virginia:
musk thistle              Noxious weed
Wyoming:
musk thistle              Noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Carduus nutans L.

chardon penche
musk thistle
nodding plumeless thistle
nodding thistle
plumeless thistle
Carduus
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.
KY        Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
N'EAST        Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
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.
SEEPPC        Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WI        Hoffman, R. & K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin. 102pp.
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:
Carduus nutans 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:
Carduus nutans L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 35787.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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:
Carduus nutans L.

AZ-Northern Arizona Weed Council

British Columbia Ag. & Food, Crop Protection Program

CO-CSU Extension Fact Sheet

CO-Douglas County Weed Education

Canada-Ontario Noxious Weeds

Idaho One Plan: noxious abstract & images

KS-Noxious Weeds in Kansas

MO-Missouri Vegetation Management Manual

MT-Center for Invasive Plant Management

NE-University of Nebraska Weed Publications

NPCI Alien Plant Working Group: abstract & image

NV-Extension Weed Wanted Posters

NY-Biological Control (Cornell University)

New Zealand Environment Bay of Plenty: abstract & images

OK-Noble Foundation Image Gallery

OK-OSU Extension-Integrated Control of Musk Thistle

OK-OSU Extension-Thistles and their Identification

OK-Thistle in Alfalfa

Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food: weed identification

TX-Biological Control of Weeds in Texas (TAMU)

The Nature Conservancy: Wildland Weeds Management & Research Program

UT-Unwanted Weeds-Utah Department of Transportation

UT-Utah's 17 Most Noxious Weeds

Weed Science Society of America

 
 
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