Asteraceae
Curly plumeless thistle
Carduus crispus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Carduus
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Common names
By language (25)
- Arabic
- لسان مجعد
- arz
- لسان مجعد
- Azerbaijani
- Qıvrım şeytanqanqalı
- Belarusian
- Чартапалох кучаравы, Чортапалох кучаравы, Бадзюлі, Будзяк, Дзядоўнік, Калючка, Растроп
- Chinese
- 丝毛飞廉, 絲毛飛廉, 丝毛飞廉*(飞廉）, 飞廉, 飞簾
- csb
- Wiôldżi òst
- Czech
- Bodlák kadeřavý
- Danish
- Kruset Tidsel
- Dutch
- Kruldistel
- English
- Curly plumeless thistle, Welted thistle, Field thistle
- Estonian
- Kähar karuohakas
- Finnish
- Kyläkarhiainen
- French
- Chardon crépu
- German
- Krause Ringdistel, Krause Distel
- Korean
- 지느러미엉겅퀴
- kw
- Askall pras
- Lithuanian
- Garbiniuotasis dagys
- myv
- Кудряв пурьгинепалакс
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Krusetistel
- Polish
- Oset kędzierzawy
- Russian
- Чертополох курчавый, Драпьян
- Slovak
- Bodliak kučeravý
- Slovenian
- Kodrasti bodak
- Swedish
- Krustistel
- Welsh
- Ysgallen grech
Synonyms
- Carduus crispus var. crispus
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.