Taxon: Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.

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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*°, IA*, MI*°, MN*°, NM*, OR*, PA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• black thistle   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• boar thistle   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• bull thistle   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• common thistle   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• green thistle   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• Scotch thistle   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 [but this adjective is best avoided, may cause offence in Scotland]) – English
  
• Scottish thistle   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  
• spear thistle   (Source: Econ Pl Aust ) – English
  
• Skotse dissel   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• speerdissel   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• yi ji   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• chardon lancéolé   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  
• chardon vulgaire   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  
• gros chardon   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  
• piqueux   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  
• gewöhnliche Kratzdistel   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• Lanzett-Kratzdistel   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• pua kala   (Source: F Hawaii ) – Hawaiian
  
• cardo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cardo-de-costela   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cardo-negro   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• vägtistel   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Harmful organism host: crop diseases   (fide E. J. Ryder, 1999)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Geigy Weed Tables. 1968; Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Altay, Gorno-Altay, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk [s.], Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tuva, Tyumen [s.]
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan
  China: China - Xinjiang [n.]
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Macedonia; Montenegro; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores, Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea; Ethiopia
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya
  Western Indian Ocean: Reunion
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Yemen
  Western Asia: Israel
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Canada
  United States
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
  Southwestern Pacific: New Caledonia
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Western South America: Ecuador - Pichincha; Peru - Cuzco
  Southern South America: Argentina; Chile; Paraguay - Neembucu; Uruguay

• also cultivated

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.
• Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976–. Flores des Mascareignes.
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1974. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• 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.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989–. Flora of Ethiopia. (and Eritrea. 2000)
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Henderson, M. et al. 1987. Declared weeds and alien invader plants in South Africa. Botanical Research Institute, bulletin 413.
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
• 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.
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
• 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.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
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• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• 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.
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
• Stewart, R. 1972. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of West Pakistan and Kashmir.
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• Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i.
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• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cirsium vulgare.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cirsium vulgare.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cirsium vulgare.

Synonyms:

• (=) Cirsium lanceolatum (L.) Scop.
  

Check other web resources for Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.:

• 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
• 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: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruits: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

More:

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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.

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