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musk thistle
Carduus nutans L.


Taxonomic Rank: Magnoliopsida > Asterales > Asteraceae > Carduus
Common Name Synonym(s): nodding plumeless thistle, nodding thistle, bristle thistle
Taxonomic Synonym(s):
Carduus macrocephalus L.
Carduus macrolepis L.
Category: Plants: Forbs/Herbs

131 Records
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0001058 Plant(s)
0001059 Flower(s)
0024036 Flower(s)
0024037 Plant(s)
0024050 Infestation
0024051 Infestation
0024053 Infestation
0024054 Infestation in pasture
0024055 Infestation over grazed pasture with excessive plants
0024067 Seed(s) from a single seed head
0025022 Seed(s)
0025027 Infestation
0025033 Plant(s) in full bloom
0026009 Infestation
0026010 Infestation
0026011 Infestation
0026012 Infestation
0026013 Infestation
0580013 Foliage

basal rosette

0580016 Flower(s) in bloom
1148159 Flower(s)
1237108 Plant(s)
1237110 Plant(s) upper stem
1237112 Plant(s) lower stem
1299082 Flower(s)
1299132 Plant(s)
1299148 Flower(s)
1299210 Plant(s)
1299211 Infestation
1299216 Infestation growing along crop field
1334026 Flower(s) Ready to set seed. Montana
1358308 Plant(s)
1358309 Feature(s) Stem and foliage
1358310 Flower(s)
1358311 Flower(s)
1358312 Flower(s)
1358313 Flower(s)
1358314 Flower(s)
1358315 Plant(s)
1374621 Infestation Plants in fall
1382011 Flower(s)
1382012 Flower(s)
1382013 Flower(s)
1384001 Infestation A pile of fill dirt left over winter. The following spring, the pile was covered in musk thistles.
1391205 Flower(s)
1391206 Foliage
1459765 Plant(s)
1459766 Flower(s)
1459767 Infestation
1459768 Infestation
1459769 Flower(s)
1459770 Plant(s)
1459771 Flower(s)
1459772 Infestation
1459773 Flower(s)
1459774 Foliage
1459775 Plant(s)
1459776 Flower(s)
1459777 Plant(s)
1459778 Flower(s) On right; with bull thistle on left
1459779 Foliage
1459780 Plant(s) Rosette
1459781 Plant(s)
1459782 Plant(s)
1539015 Plant(s)
1539016 Plant(s)
1539017 Flower(s)
1542402 Flower(s)
1553271 Flower(s)
1560074 Fruit(s)
1624058 Flower(s)
2128094 Plant(s)
2128095 Flower(s)
2128096 Plant(s)
2128097 Flower(s)
2128098 Flower(s)
4064026 Habersham Co., GA
4064027 Habersham Co., GA
5138100 Plant(s)
5139001 Foliage
5139002 Plant(s)
5229042 Foliage
5229043 Flower(s)
5229044 Flower(s)
5229045 Flower(s)
5306090 Diagram or Graphic Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 554.
5356228 Flower(s)

visited by a variety of insects

5356229 Flower(s)

visited by an insect

5358596 Biological Control

Field collection of musk thistle plants (Carduus nutans) harboring the biological control weevil, Trichosirocalus horridus.

5358597 Control

Landscape view of rangeland near Collbran, Colorado, three years after efforts to eradicate musk thistle.

5358655 Plant(s)

Musk thistle plants (Carduus nutans) growing along a fence.

5358656 Plant(s)

Second-year rosette of musk thistle (Carduus nutans).

5358657 Seedling(s)

Musk thistle (Carduus nutans) seedlings, with a ruler to show size.

5358658 Feature(s)

Close-up view of the stems of musk thistle (Carduus nutans) showing spiny flanges, with a flower bud in the background.

5360186 Flower(s)

Musk thistle (Carduus nutans) flower head, in bloom.

5360188 Plant(s)

Musk Thistle flowering stages

 

5360189 Seedling(s)

Musk Thistle1st-year rosette

5360190 Plant(s)

Musk Thistle 2nd-year rosette

5364521 Plant(s)

Rosettes of musk thistle (Carduus nutans).

5364567 Plant(s)

Rosettes of musk thistle (Carduus nutans).

5364568 Seedling(s)

Seedlings of musk thistle (Carduus nutans).

5366290 Plant(s)

flower buds

5366291 Infestation

in flower

5366292 Infestation

in flower

5366293 Foliage
5366294 Foliage
5366295 Foliage
5366296 Foliage

rosette

5366297 Foliage

rosette

5366298 Foliage

rosettes

5366299 Flower(s)
5366300 Flower(s)
5366301 Flower(s)
5370303 Flower(s)
5370304 Flower(s)
5370305 Root(s)
5370306 Flower(s)
5374308 Infestation
5374309 Plant(s)

in flower

5374310 Flower(s)
5374311 Foliage

basal rosette

5374312 Seedling(s)
5379582 Flower(s)

June

5379583 Stem(s)

June

5391993 Flower(s)

Young flowerhead

5391994 Flower(s)

Flowerhead I

5391995 Plant(s)

Mature plant

5391996 Plant(s)

Mature plant

5391997 Flower(s)

Flowerhead

5391998 Infestation
5391999 Infestation


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