Cirsium brevistylum

Cirsium brevistylum is a species of thistle known by the common names Indian thistle and clustered thistle. It is native to western North America having been found in southwestern British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and California.[1][2]

Cirsium brevistylum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species:
C. brevistylum
Binomial name
Cirsium brevistylum

Cirsium brevistylum grows in moist areas in many types of habitat, from mountain forests to chaparral and coastal marshes. This native thistle is annual or biennial, reaching 200 cm (79 in) in height and known to exceed 300 cm (9.8 ft) at times. There is usually a single stem which may branch toward the top and is coated in hairs and webby fibers. The leaves are deeply cut into many lobes lined with twisted teeth, the longest leaves near the base of the plant reaching about 25 centimeters long. The leaves are borne on winged petioles with many spines. The inflorescence bears one to many flower heads, both at the ends of the stem branches and in the leaf axils. The flower head reaches about 3 centimeters long by 4 wide and is lined with cobwebby, bristly, spine-tipped phyllaries. The flower head is packed with white or pink flowers about 2 centimeters long. The fruit is a brown achene a few millimeters long topped with a pappus one to two centimeters in length.[3][4]

  • Indian Thistle
  • Cirsium Brevistylum
  • Cirsium Brevistylum sometimes found in sagebrush steppe
  • Cirsium Brevistylum stem
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References
  1. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  2. Calflora taxon report, University of California, Cirsium brevistylum Cronq., Indian thistle, clustered thistle
  3. Flora of North America, Indian or clustered or short-style thistle, Cirsium brevistylum Cronquist
  4. Cronquist, Arthur John 1953. Leaflets of Western Botany 7(2): 25-26


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