Taxon: Carduus nutans L.

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A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CA*°, CO*°, ID*°, IL*, KS*°, MI*°, MN*°, MO*°, NC*, ND*°, NE*°, NM*, NV*, OH*°, OK*°, OR*°, PA*, SD*°, UT*°, WA*, WV*, WY*°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Link to species profile at

See also subordinate taxa:

• Carduus nutans subsp. leiophyllus (no accessions)
• Carduus nutans subsp. nutans (no accessions)
• Carduus nutans subsp. scabrisquamus (no accessions)

Common names:

• musk thistle   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• nodding thistle   (Source: Can J Pl Sci 68:1053) – English
  
• chardon penché   (Source: Can J Pl Sci 68:1053) – French
  
• cardo-pendente   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• nicktistel   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide Can J Pl Sci; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran [n.w.]; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Altay, Buryatia, Chita, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk [s.], Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tuva, Tyumen, Yakutia-Sakha [s.]
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  China: China - Xinjiang [n.]
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Ireland; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Macedonia; Montenegro; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France; Spain

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: South Africa - Eastern Cape
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Norway; Sweden
  Middle Europe: Poland
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Canada
  United States
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Chile

• EUROPE
  East Europe: Latvia

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Desrochers, A. M. et al. 1988. A biosystematic study of the Carduus nutans complex in Canada. Canad. J. Bot. 66:1621–1631.
• Desrochers, A. M. et al. 1988. The biology of Canadian weeds. 89. Carduus nutans L. and Carduus acanthoides L. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 68:1053–1068.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Grubov, V. I. 2001. Key to the vascular plants of Mongolia.
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Kazmi, S. M. A. 1964. Revision der Gattung Carduus (Compositae). Teil I. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 5:279–550.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000–. Flora of Siberia (English translation).
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia.
• Radford, A. E. et al., eds. 1980–. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States.
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act.
• Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996–. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Carduus nutans.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Carduus nutans.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Carduus nutans.

Synonyms:

• Carduus leiophyllus Petrovič [≡ Carduus nutans subsp. leiophyllus]
  
• Carduus macrocephalus Desf. [≡ Carduus nutans subsp. scabrisquamus]
  
• Carduus nutans subsp. macrocephalus (Desf.) Nyman [= Carduus nutans subsp. scabrisquamus]
  
• Carduus thoermeri Weinm. [= Carduus nutans subsp. leiophyllus]
  

Check other web resources for Carduus nutans L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Euro+Med Plantbase: Information Resource for Euro-Mediterranean Plant Diversity
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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