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Taxon: Onopordum acanthium L.

Genus: Onopordum
Family: Asteraceae (alt. Compositae).
Nomen number: 104466
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:827. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 27-Nov-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 27-Nov-1995
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
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:
AZ*°, CA*, CO*°, CT*, ID*°, MO*, NE°, NM*, NV*, OK*°, OR*, UT*°, WA*, WY*°.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System
Link to species profile at National Invasive Species Information Center

Common names:

  • cotton thistle   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • heraldic thistle   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  • Scotch thistle   (Source: F GPlains [but this adjective is best avoided, may cause offence in Scotland]) – English
  • Scottish thistle   (Source: F GPlains ) – English
  • woolly thistle   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  • cardo-bastardo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • cardo-espinhoso   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • cardo-selvagem   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq [n.]; Turkey
    Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia [s.w.], Western Siberia [s.]
    Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan
  • EUROPE
    Middle Europe: Austria; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Switzerland
    East Europe: Moldova; Ukraine
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy; Romania
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere

References:

  • Burbidge, N. T. & M. Gray. 1970. Flora of the Australian Capital Territory. (F AustCapT)
  • Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft) (Rep NCEPPC)
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
  • Parsa, A. 1943–1952. Flore de l'Iran. (F IranPars)
  • Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. (Noxweed Aust)
  • Radford, A. E. et al., eds. 1980–. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States. (F SE US)
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
  • 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. (State Noxweed Seed)
  • Stewart, R. 1972. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of West Pakistan and Kashmir. (L Pak)
  • Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. (F Missouri)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (Nat Invasive Sp Info)
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Images:

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  • Google Images 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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