Cirsium altissimum

Cirsium altissimum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cynareae
Genus: Cirsium
Species: C. altissimum
Binomial name
Cirsium altissimum
(L.) Spreng.
Synonyms[1]
  • Carduus altissimus L.
  • Cirsium diversifolium DC.
  • Cnicus altissimus (L.) Willd.
  • Cnicus iowense Pammel

Cirsium altissimum is a North American species of plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family. Common name is Tall thistle or roadside thistle. The species is native to the eastern and Central United States, with a range extending from Massachusetts west to North Dakota and south to Texas and the Florida Panhandle.[2]

Cirsium altissimum is, as the name implies, a tall herb, sometimes reaching as much as 400 cm (160 inches or 13 1/3 feet). It is a biennial or perennial, blooming only once before dying. Leaves are toothed or shallowly lobed, with fine spines along the edge. Sometimes there is only one flower head but more often more, with pink or purple (rarely white) disc florets but no ray florets. The species grows in prairies, open woodlands, and disturbed sites.[3]

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