PLANTS Profile for Cirsium discolor (field thistle)

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Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.
field thistle

Symbol:

CIDI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.

©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.

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Synonyms:
Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.

CADI25

Carduus discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt.

Distribution:
Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 95 species in Cirsium

Classification:
Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.

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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 discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng. – field thistle

Noxious Weed Information:
Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.

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 discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.

field 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.
KY		Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

More Accounts and Images:
Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36362.

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

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.

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