Cirsium canescens

Cirsium canescens
Prairie thistle with Bombus fervidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species:
C. canescens
Binomial name
Cirsium canescens
Nutt. (1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Carduus nebraskensis Britton (1898)
  • Carduus nelsonii Pammel (1909)
  • Carduus plattensis Rydb. (1895)
  • Carduus plattensis var. spinosior Rydb. (1895)
  • Carduus undulatus var. canescens (Nutt.) Porter (1894)
  • Cirsium nebraskense Lunell (1912)
  • Cirsium nebraskense var. formidolosum Lunell (1913)
  • Cirsium nelsonii Rydb. (1917)
  • Cirsium plattense (Rydb.) Cockerell ex Daniels (1911)
  • Cnicus canescens Pammel (1901)
  • Cnicus nelsonii Pammel (1901)
  • Cnicus undulatus var. canescens (Nutt.) A.Gray (1874)

Cirsium canescens, commonly known as prairie thistle,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is a thistle native to the north-central and western United States, where it grows in Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming, and in California and Nevada.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Cirsium canescens Nutt. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  2. ^ David J. Keil 2012, Cirsium canescens, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, retrieved 2 June 2024.


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