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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key


INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carduus acanthoides   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Carduus acanthoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-25-015:

Carduus acanthoides   FAMILY Asteraceae__

 

COMMON NAME:
Plumeless Thistle, Spiny Plumeless-thistle, Broad-winged Thistle


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image of Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides, Plumeless Thistle, Spiny Plumeless-thistle, Broad-winged Thistle

JK Marlow    jkm0507h_11

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Roadside

Flower heads short-pedunculate and erect in flower, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides, Plumeless Thistle, Spiny Plumeless-thistle, Broad-winged Thistle

JK Marlow    jkm0507h_16

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Roadside

Plants very spiny, stem tough, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides, Plumeless Thistle, Spiny Plumeless-thistle, Broad-winged Thistle

JK Marlow    jkm0507h_19b

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Roadside

Involucres arachnose. Outer involucral bracts erect, inner bracts soft, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE involucral bracts of Thistles

image of Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides, Plumeless Thistle, Spiny Plumeless-thistle, Broad-winged Thistle

Steve Dewey, Utah State University, Bugwood.org    bug_1459784

Month Unknown        

image of Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides, Plumeless Thistle, Spiny Plumeless-thistle, Broad-winged Thistle

Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org    bug_5374305

Month Unknown        

Stems leafy to near apex, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides, Plumeless Thistle, Spiny Plumeless-thistle, Broad-winged Thistle

Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org    bug_5374306

Month Unknown        

image of Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides, Plumeless Thistle, Spiny Plumeless-thistle, Broad-winged Thistle

Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org     bug_5436746

Month Unknown        

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carduus acanthoides   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carduus acanthoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-25-015:
Carduus acanthoides   FAMILY Asteraceae__

 

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2122

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, pastures, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins spiny

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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