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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
0024019

Flower(s)
Norman E. Rees

0024020
0024020

Research
research site
Norman E. Rees

0024021
0024021

Infestation
Norman E. Rees

1196009
1196009

Infestation
UAF Cooperative Extension Archive

1196010
1196010

Plant(s)
UAF Cooperative Extension Archive

1196013
1196013

Flower(s)
Michael Shephard

1196121
1196121

Plant(s)
Jamie Nielsen

1196143
1196143

Infestation
UAF Cooperative Extension Archive

1196252
1196252

Plant(s)
UAF Cooperative Extension Archive

1196257
1196257

Infestation
UAF Cooperative Extension Archive

1237095
1237095

Plant(s)
Dan Tenaglia

1265114
1265114

Plant(s)
Peggy Greb

1299209
1299209

Infestation
Vince Belleci

1334019
1334019

Flower(s)
South Dakota
Chris Evans

1334020
1334020

Flower(s)
South Dakota
Chris Evans

1334022
1334022

Flower(s)
In a forested setting. South Dakota
Chris Evans

1358349
1358349

Flower(s)
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

1358350
1358350

Plant(s)
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

1358351
1358351

Flower(s)
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

1358352
1358352

Foliage
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

1358353
1358353

Feature(s)
Stem and foliage
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

1358354
1358354

Foliage
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

1358355
1358355

Foliage
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

1358356
1358356

Plant(s)
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

1358357
1358357

Flower(s)
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

1358358
1358358

Plant(s)
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

1358359
1358359

Flower(s)
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

1358360
1358360

Flower(s)
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

1358361
1358361

Foliage
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

1459222
1459222

Plant(s)
Along railroad right-of-way
Steve Dewey

1459754
1459754

Infestation
In a pasture
Steve Dewey

1459755
1459755

Foliage
Steve Dewey

1459756
1459756

Flower(s)
Steve Dewey

1459757
1459757

Infestation
Steve Dewey

1459758
1459758

Flower(s)
Steve Dewey

1459759
1459759

Infestation
With white flowers
Steve Dewey

1459760
1459760

Plant(s)
Steve Dewey

1459761
1459761

Flower(s)
Purple and (rare) white flowers in the same field
Steve Dewey

1459762
1459762

Infestation
Steve Dewey

1459763
1459763

Plant(s)
With white flowers
Steve Dewey

1459764
1459764

Flower(s)
Steve Dewey

1459915
1459915

Flower(s)
Steve Dewey

1551182
1551182

Infestation
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1551183
1551183

Foliage
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1551184
1551184

Seedling(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1551186
1551186

Feature(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1551187
1551187

Seed(s)
Ken Chamberlain

1553261
1553261

Flower(s)
Theodore Webster

1553262
1553262

Foliage

basal rosette


Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1553263
1553263

Infestation

fruiting


Theodore Webster

1553264
1553264

Fruit(s)
Ken Chamberlain

1553265
1553265

Foliage

basal rosette


Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1553266
1553266

Seedling(s)
Theodore Webster

1553267
1553267

Seedling(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1553268
1553268

Infestation

in flower


Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1553269
1553269

Seedling(s)
Ken Chamberlain

1553270
1553270

Seedling(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560035
1560035

Seedling(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560036
1560036

Flower(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560037
1560037

Flower(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560038
1560038

Flower(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560039
1560039

Flower(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560040
1560040

Flower(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560041
1560041

Fruit(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560042
1560042

Fruit(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560043
1560043

Fruit(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560044
1560044

Seedling(s)

with cotyledons


Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560045
1560045

Foliage
Theodore Webster

1560046
1560046

Seedling(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560047
1560047

Plant(s)

in flower


Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560048
1560048

Plant(s)

in flower; view from above


Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560050
1560050

Foliage
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560052
1560052

Seedling(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560053
1560053

Seedling(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560054
1560054

Seedling(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560055
1560055

Seedling(s)

with cotyledons


Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560056
1560056

Seedling(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560057
1560057

Foliage

basal rosette


Anthony D. White

1560058
1560058

Foliage

basal rosette


Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560059
1560059

Seedling(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560060
1560060

Seedling(s)

cotyledons


Ken Chamberlain

1560061
1560061

Seedling(s)
Theodore Webster

1560062
1560062

Seedling(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560063
1560063

Foliage

basal rosette


Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560064
1560064

Stem(s)
Theodore Webster

1560065
1560065

Seedling(s)

cotyledons


Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560066
1560066

Seedling(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560067
1560067

Foliage
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560069
1560069

Seedling(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560070
1560070

Seedling(s)

cortyledons


Brian Sugarman

1560071
1560071

Seedling(s)

cotyledons


Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560072
1560072

Seedling(s)

cotyledons


Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1560073
1560073

Flower(s)
Ohio State Weed Lab Archive

1929056
1929056

Infestation
in canola (Rape seed) field near Consort, Alberta
Alec McClay

1929057
1929057

Plant(s)
Leslie Dietz

5090084
5090084

Plant(s)
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

5090085
5090085

Flower(s)
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

5090086
5090086

Foliage
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

5090088
5090088

Foliage
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

5090089
5090089

Flower(s)
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte

5230083
5230083

Flower(s)
Female flower heads
Richard Old

5230084
5230084

Fruit(s)

Female flower heads


Richard Old

5230085
5230085

Flower(s)
Male flower heads
Richard Old

5230086
5230086

Flower(s)
Male flower heads
Richard Old

5230087
5230087

Plant(s)
Richard Old

5270075
5270075

Flower(s)

Flowers-white morph


Leslie J. Mehrhoff

5270076
5270076

Infestation
Leslie J. Mehrhoff

5270077
5270077

Flower(s)

Close-up of flowers


Leslie J. Mehrhoff

5270078
5270078

Plant(s)
Leslie J. Mehrhoff

5270079
5270079

Flower(s)
Leslie J. Mehrhoff

5270080
5270080

Infestation
Leslie J. Mehrhoff

5270081
5270081

Foliage
Leslie J. Mehrhoff

5307004
5307004

Diagram or Graphic
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 553.
USDA PLANTS Database

5307005
5307005

Seed(s)
Steve Hurst

5307006
5307006

Diagram or Graphic
USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
USDA PLANTS Database

5310003
5310003

Seed(s)
Ken Chamberlain

5330089
5330089

Plant(s)
Todd Pfeiffer

5356266
5356266

Flower(s)
Terry L Spivey

5356268
5356268

Flower(s)
Terry L Spivey

5358460
5358460

Plant(s)

Rosettes of Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense).


Howard F. Schwartz

5358615
5358615

Plant(s)

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


L.L. Berry

5358628
5358628

Plant(s)

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


L.L. Berry

5358629
5358629

Plant(s)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) at the rosette stage.


L.L. Berry

5358630
5358630

Foliage

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


L.L. Berry

5358631
5358631

Plant(s)

Mature Canada thistle plant, Cirsium arvense.


L.L. Berry

5358632
5358632

Flower(s)

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


L.L. Berry

5360185
5360185

Seed(s)

Seed heads (capitula) of Canada thistle


K. George Beck

5360187
5360187

Flower(s)

Canada thistle early bud

 


K. George Beck

5362875
5362875

Seedling(s)

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


Phil Westra

5362876
5362876

Infestation

Canada thistle plants (Cirsium arvense) infesting field corn.


Phil Westra

5364422
5364422

Seed(s)

Seeds of Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense).


Howard F. Schwartz

5374379
5374379

Infestation

male plants on left and female on right


Joseph M. DiTomaso

5374380
5374380

Flower(s)

female flowers


Joseph M. DiTomaso

5374381
5374381

Flower(s)

male flowers


Joseph M. DiTomaso

5374382
5374382

Plant(s)

young sprout from rhizome


Joseph M. DiTomaso

5376367
5376367

Fruit(s)
Julia Scher

5376368
5376368

Fruit(s)

apex of an achene


Julia Scher

5376369
5376369

Fruit(s)

base of achene


Julia Scher

5376370
5376370

Fruit(s)

cross section of achene


Julia Scher

5385901
5385901

Flower(s)
Jan Samanek

5385902
5385902

Field
Jan Samanek

5385903
5385903

Plant(s)
Jan Samanek

5385904
5385904

Plant(s)

with mature seed


Jan Samanek

5385905
5385905

Flower(s)
Jan Samanek

5385906
5385906

Plant(s)

with mature seed


Jan Samanek

5385907
5385907

Flower(s)
Jan Samanek

5385908
5385908

Flower(s)
Jan Samanek

5385909
5385909

Seed(s)
Jan Samanek

5385910
5385910

Seed(s)
Jan Samanek

5385911
5385911

Foliage
Jan Samanek

5385912
5385912

Foliage
Jan Samanek

5385913
5385913

Foliage
Jan Samanek

5385914
5385914

Flower(s)
Jan Samanek

5391602
5391602

Plant(s)

Weird white foliage


Barry Rice

5392045
5392045

Fruit(s)

Seedheads


John M. Randall

5392046
5392046

Flower(s)
John M. Randall

5392047
5392047

Flower(s)

Flowerheads


John M. Randall

5392048
5392048

Plant(s)

Plants


John M. Randall

5392049
5392049

Flower(s)

Male inflorescence


John M. Randall

5392050
5392050

Flower(s)
John M. Randall

5392051
5392051

Flower(s)
John M. Randall

5392052
5392052

Flower(s)
John M. Randall

5392053
5392053

Flower(s)
John M. Randall

5392054
5392054

Flower(s)
John M. Randall

5398054
5398054

Plant(s)

leaf


Robert Vidéki

5398055
5398055

Plant(s)

leaf


Robert Vidéki

5398056
5398056

Plant(s)

leaf


Robert Vidéki

5398554
5398554

Plant(s)

leaf


Robert Vidéki

5398555
5398555

Plant(s)

leaf


Robert Vidéki




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