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]
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Binomial name ...
| Cirsium canescens |
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| Prairie thistle with Bombus fervidus |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Asterids |
| Order: |
Asterales |
| Family: |
Asteraceae |
| Genus: |
Cirsium |
| Species: |
C. canescens |
| Binomial name |
Cirsium canescens
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| 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)
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