- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Carduus L.
Carduus nutans L.

Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Mongolia, Netherlands, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alabama, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, Bolivia, British Columbia, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Queensland, Québec, Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- Carduus nutans subsp. alpicola (Gillot) Chass. & J.Arenes
- Carduus nutans subsp. falcatoincurvus P.H.Davis
- Carduus nutans subsp. granatensis (Willk.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Carduus nutans subsp. leiophyllus (Petrovic) Arènes
- Carduus nutans var. litoralis P.D.Sell
- Carduus nutans subsp. micropterus (Borbás) Hayek
- Carduus nutans subsp. nutans
- Carduus nutans subsp. perspinosus (Fiori) Arènes
- Carduus nutans subsp. platylepis (Rchb. & Sauter) Nyman
- Carduus nutans subsp. platypus (Lange) Greuter
- Carduus nutans subsp. siculus (Franco) Greuter
- Carduus nutans subsp. taygeteus (Boiss. & Heldr.) Hayek
- Carduus nutans subsp. trojanus P.H.Davis
- English
- Nodding Thistle
Carduus nutans L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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United Kingdom | 16268.000 | No | |||
Guicciardi, J. [s.n.], Greece | K000768973 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [s.n.], India | K000778028 | Yes | |||
Cowan. R.S. [MFF 118], United Kingdom | K000696456 | No | |||
Wallich, N. [2895] | K000778027 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 821 (1753)
Accepted by
- Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
- Chadde, S.W. (2019). Minnesota Flora. An illustrated guide to the vascular plants of Minnesota ed. 2: 1-776. Steve W. Chadde.
- Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
- 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.
- Mirek, Z., Piekos-Mirkowa, H., Zajac, A. & Zajac, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
- Chadde, S.W. (2019). Minnesota Flora. An illustrated guide to the vascular plants of Minnesota ed. 2: 1-776. Steve W. Chadde.
- 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.
- Mirek, Z., Piekos-Mirkowa, H., Zajac, A. & Zajac, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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