Cirsium repandum

Cirsium repandum is a North American species of plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family. Common names include sand-hill thistle and coastal-plain thistle. The species is native to the south-eastern United States, the coastal plain in Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas.[2]

Cirsium repandum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species:
C. repandum
Binomial name
Cirsium repandum
Michx.
Synonyms[1]
  • Carduus repandus (Michx.) Pers.
  • Cnicus repandus Elliott

Cirsium repandum is a biennial or perennial herb up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall. Leaves have small, narrow spines along the edges. Flower heads are sometimes produced one at a time, sometimes in small groups, each head with light purple disc florets but no ray florets. The species grows in sandy soils on sand hills or in pine barrens.[3]

References
  1. The Plant List, Cirsium repandum Michx.
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. Flora of North America, Sand-hill or coastal-plain thistle


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