Asteraceae
Cirsium

Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.

First published in Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 126 (1771)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Temp. Eurasia, NW. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Falkland Is., Georgia, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Dakota, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006). Flora of North America North of Mexico 19(1): 1-579. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Mehboob-ur-Rahman (2012). Wild plants of Swat, Pakistan 1: 1-281. Department of botany, govt. Jehanzeb post graduate college.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Tropicos.org (2009-continuously updated). Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden http://www.tropicos.org/.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Asteraceae. Flora of China 20-21: 1-992. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 5: 1-451. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Flora of Iraq

  • Boissier, Fl. Orient. 3: 552 (1875)
  • Charadze in Fl. S.S.S.R. 28: 213 (1963)
  • Davis & Parris in Fl. Turkey 5: 410 (1975)
  • Dinsmore in Post, Fl. Syria, Palest. & Sinai ed. 2, 2: 91 (1933)
  • Petrak in Fl. Iranica 139a: 277 (1979).
  • Rawi in Dep. Agr. Iraq Tech. Bull. 14: 111 (1964)
  • Rechinger, Fl. Lowland Iraq: 645 (1964)
  • Scop., Fl. Carn. ed. 2, 2: 126 (1772)
  • Zohary in Dep. Agr. Iraq Bull. 31: 154 (1950)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006). Flora of North America North of Mexico 19(1): 1-579. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Asteraceae. Flora of China 20-21: 1-992. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Madden, M. [s.n.] India K002012487 No
Chapman, F.S. [528] China K002012494 No
Hooker, W.J.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002012472 No
Shephard [78] Canada K002012796 Yes
Wallich [s.n.] Nepal K002012492 Yes
France K001770432 Yes
Willmott, E. A. France K002017905 Yes
Drummond, T. [s.n. ] United Kingdom K002017852 Yes
Drummond, T. [s.n. ] United Kingdom K001617029 Yes
Ruhsam, M. [DMR118] United Kingdom K001767970 Yes
Hooker, W.J.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002012482 No
Thomson, T. [[13000]] India K002012452 Yes
Clarke, C.B.; Gamble, J.S. [26866 B] India K002012489 No
Muenscher, W.C. [900] United States K002012808 Yes
s.coll. [827] South Africa K002012773 Yes
Macoun, M.A. [755] Canada K002012802 Yes
Blake, S.F. [9503] United States K002012806 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [444] India K002012467 No
Brown, A.R.; Rothera, M.A. [126] India K002012496 No
United Kingdom K:SPC-12290.000 No
Magistrate [13869] South Africa K002012774 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [20219] South Africa K002012777 Yes
Herb Falconer [s.n.] India K002012464 Yes
Khan, A.G. [11] Pakistan K002012457 Yes
Johan; Kheishaw; Stocks [1095] Pakistan K002012456 Yes
s.coll. [122/P] India K002012473 No
s.coll. [676] India K002012455 Yes
[?] [6540] India K002012490 No
Muenscher, W.C. [900] United States K002012810 Yes
Ram, B. [1746] India K002012465 Yes
Lowe, C.W. [s.n.] Canada K002012800 Yes
s.coll. [8] India K002012477 No
Thomson, T. [23] India K002012453 Yes
Garton, C.E. [6801] Canada K002012803 Yes
Scoggan, H.J. [6538] Canada K002012799 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002012449 Yes
Baldwin, W.K.W. [5451] Canada K002012805 Yes
Brooklyn [s.n.] United States K002012809 Yes
Hooker, W.J.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002012470 No
Gamble, J.S.; [W. Dúars] [6651 A] India K002012486 No
Baldwin, W.K.W. [5450] Canada K002012804 Yes
Zeller, S.M.; Zeller, E.B. [1102] United States K002012813 Yes
Grace, M.; Bailey, E.; Bull, D.; Carr, S. [132] India K002012458 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002012485 No
Cutting, C.S.; Vernay, A.S. [48] China K002012493 No
Duthie, J.F. [13968] India K002012476 No
Lunell, J.; Petrak, F. [60] United States K002012811 Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 134] United Kingdom K000914403 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002012488 No
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002012450 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002012475 No
Grace, M.; Bailey, E.; Bull, D.; Carr, S. [133] India K002012459 Yes
Cresswell, A.M. [15] India K002012461 Yes
Hooker, W.J.; Thomson, T.; {Prior, A.} [s.n.] India K002012483 No
Royle, H.C. [s.n.] India K002012491 No
Hooker, W.J.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002012469 No
Aitchison, J.E.T.; Thomson, T. [47] India K002012462 Yes
s.coll. [271] Afghanistan K002012463 Yes
Theron, G.C. [1675] South Africa K002012776 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002012451 Yes
Sorensen, O. [s.n.] United States K002012708 Yes
van der Maesen, L.J.G. [3572] India K002012497 No
Thomson [511] India K002012484 No
St. John, H. [1350] Canada K002012801 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [[22252/a]] India K002012466 No
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K002012454 Yes
Collett, H. [507] India K002012468 No
Welsh, A.R. [s.n.] South Africa K002012775 Yes
Moldenke, H. [1331] United States K002012812 Yes
{Edgeworth}; Griffith, W. [169] India K002012471 No
Calder, J.A.; Taylor, R.L. [36951] Canada K002012797 Yes
Zoffar, A.G. [5577] Pakistan K002012460 Yes
[T. Polygonun pesicuria] [s.n.] United Kingdom Carduus arvensis K002036951 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Carduus arvensis K002018602 No

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    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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