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Canada thistle
Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.


Taxonomic Rank: Magnoliopsida > Asterales > Asteraceae > Cirsium
Common Name Synonym(s): Californian thistle, creeping thistle, field thistle
Taxonomic Synonym(s):
Breea arvensis (L.) Scop.
Breea incana (L.) Scop.
Carduus arvensis (L.) Scop.
Cirsium incanum (L.) Scop.
Cirsium setosum (L.) Scop.
Serratula arvensis (L.) Scop.
Category: Plants: Forbs/Herbs

169 Records
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0024019 Flower(s)
0024020 Research research site
0024021 Infestation
1196009 Infestation
1196010 Plant(s)
1196013 Flower(s)
1196121 Plant(s)
1196143 Infestation
1196252 Plant(s)
1196257 Infestation
1237095 Plant(s)
1265114 Plant(s)
1299209 Infestation
1334019 Flower(s) South Dakota
1334020 Flower(s) South Dakota
1334022 Flower(s) In a forested setting. South Dakota
1358349 Flower(s)
1358350 Plant(s)
1358351 Flower(s)
1358352 Foliage
1358353 Feature(s) Stem and foliage
1358354 Foliage
1358355 Foliage
1358356 Plant(s)
1358357 Flower(s)
1358358 Plant(s)
1358359 Flower(s)
1358360 Flower(s)
1358361 Foliage
1459222 Plant(s) Along railroad right-of-way
1459754 Infestation In a pasture
1459755 Foliage
1459756 Flower(s)
1459757 Infestation
1459758 Flower(s)
1459759 Infestation With white flowers
1459760 Plant(s)
1459761 Flower(s) Purple and (rare) white flowers in the same field
1459762 Infestation
1459763 Plant(s) With white flowers
1459764 Flower(s)
1459915 Flower(s)
1551182 Infestation
1551183 Foliage
1551184 Seedling(s)
1551186 Feature(s)
1551187 Seed(s)
1553261 Flower(s)
1553262 Foliage

basal rosette

1553263 Infestation

fruiting

1553264 Fruit(s)
1553265 Foliage

basal rosette

1553266 Seedling(s)
1553267 Seedling(s)
1553268 Infestation

in flower

1553269 Seedling(s)
1553270 Seedling(s)
1560035 Seedling(s)
1560036 Flower(s)
1560037 Flower(s)
1560038 Flower(s)
1560039 Flower(s)
1560040 Flower(s)
1560041 Fruit(s)
1560042 Fruit(s)
1560043 Fruit(s)
1560044 Seedling(s)

with cotyledons

1560045 Foliage
1560046 Seedling(s)
1560047 Plant(s)

in flower

1560048 Plant(s)

in flower; view from above

1560050 Foliage
1560052 Seedling(s)
1560053 Seedling(s)
1560054 Seedling(s)
1560055 Seedling(s)

with cotyledons

1560056 Seedling(s)
1560057 Foliage

basal rosette

1560058 Foliage

basal rosette

1560059 Seedling(s)
1560060 Seedling(s)

cotyledons

1560061 Seedling(s)
1560062 Seedling(s)
1560063 Foliage

basal rosette

1560064 Stem(s)
1560065 Seedling(s)

cotyledons

1560066 Seedling(s)
1560067 Foliage
1560069 Seedling(s)
1560070 Seedling(s)

cortyledons

1560071 Seedling(s)

cotyledons

1560072 Seedling(s)

cotyledons

1560073 Flower(s)
1929056 Infestation in canola (Rape seed) field near Consort, Alberta
1929057 Plant(s)
5090084 Plant(s)
5090085 Flower(s)
5090086 Foliage
5090088 Foliage
5090089 Flower(s)
5230083 Flower(s) Female flower heads
5230084 Fruit(s)

Female flower heads

5230085 Flower(s) Male flower heads
5230086 Flower(s) Male flower heads
5230087 Plant(s)
5270075 Flower(s)

Flowers-white morph

5270076 Infestation
5270077 Flower(s)

Close-up of flowers

5270078 Plant(s)
5270079 Flower(s)
5270080 Infestation
5270081 Foliage
5307004 Diagram or Graphic Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 553.
5307005 Seed(s)
5307006 Diagram or Graphic USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
5310003 Seed(s)
5330089 Plant(s)
5356266 Flower(s)
5356268 Flower(s)
5358460 Plant(s)

Rosettes of Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense).

5358615 Plant(s)

Canada thistle plants (Cirsium arvense) going to seed along a roadside.

5358628 Plant(s)

A Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) plant going to seed.

5358629 Plant(s)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) at the rosette stage.

5358630 Foliage

Close-up view of the spines and waxy cuticle of Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) leaves.

5358631 Plant(s)

Mature Canada thistle plant, Cirsium arvense.

5358632 Flower(s)

Close-up view of buds and flower of Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense).

5360185 Seed(s)

Seed heads (capitula) of Canada thistle

5360187 Flower(s)

Canada thistle early bud

 

5362875 Seedling(s)

Seedling (or young rosette) of Canada thistle, Cirsium arvense.

5362876 Infestation

Canada thistle plants (Cirsium arvense) infesting field corn.

5364422 Seed(s)

Seeds of Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense).

5374379 Infestation

male plants on left and female on right

5374380 Flower(s)

female flowers

5374381 Flower(s)

male flowers

5374382 Plant(s)

young sprout from rhizome

5376367 Fruit(s)
5376368 Fruit(s)

apex of an achene

5376369 Fruit(s)

base of achene

5376370 Fruit(s)

cross section of achene

5385901 Flower(s)
5385902 Field
5385903 Plant(s)
5385904 Plant(s)

with mature seed

5385905 Flower(s)
5385906 Plant(s)

with mature seed

5385907 Flower(s)
5385908 Flower(s)
5385909 Seed(s)
5385910 Seed(s)
5385911 Foliage
5385912 Foliage
5385913 Foliage
5385914 Flower(s)
5391602 Plant(s)

Weird white foliage

5392045 Fruit(s)

Seedheads

5392046 Flower(s)
5392047 Flower(s)

Flowerheads

5392048 Plant(s)

Plants

5392049 Flower(s)

Male inflorescence

5392050 Flower(s)
5392051 Flower(s)
5392052 Flower(s)
5392053 Flower(s)
5392054 Flower(s)
5398054 Plant(s)

leaf

5398055 Plant(s)

leaf

5398056 Plant(s)

leaf

5398554 Plant(s)

leaf

5398555 Plant(s)

leaf



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