Asteraceae
Nodding plumeless thistle
Carduus nutans
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Carduus
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Common names
By language (33)
- Arabic
- لسان منحني, شوك مسكي, شوك منحني
- arz
- لسان منحنى
- Azerbaijani
- Əyilən şeytanqanqalı
- Belarusian
- Чартапалох паніклы, Чортапалох паніклы
- Bulgarian
- Наведен магарешки бодил
- Chinese
- 垂花飛廉, 垂花飞廉, 飞廉, 麝香飞廉
- cv
- Усăннă тана пиçен
- Czech
- Bodlák nicí
- Dutch
- Knikkende distel
- English
- Nodding plumeless thistle, Musk thistle, Nodding thistle
- Estonian
- Longus karuohakas
- Finnish
- Nuokkukarhiainen
- French
- Chardon penché, Chardon penche
- German
- Nickende Distel, Bisamdistel, Nickende Ringdistel
- Irish
- Feochadán crom
- Italian
- Cardo rosso
- Kazakh
- Еңкіш түйетікен
- kbd
- Банэжь
- kw
- Askall musk
- lij
- Gardo
- Lithuanian
- Lenktagalvis dagys
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Nikketistel
- nv
- Azeeʼ hókánii hoshí
- Persian
- تاتاری سرخمیده
- Polish
- Oset zwisły
- Romanian
- Ciulin
- Russian
- Чертополох поникающий, Чертополох джунгарский, Чертополох поникший, Чертополох Шишкина
- Slovak
- Bodliak ovisnutý
- Slovenian
- Kimasti bodak
- Spanish
- Cardilla
- Swedish
- Nicktistel
- Welsh
- Ysgallen bendrom
- zza
- Qoğtelı
Synonyms
- Carduus armenus Boiss.
- Carduus coloratus (C.Winkl.) Tamamsch.
- Carduus nutans f. nutans
- Carduus nutans var. armenus Boiss.
- Carduus nutans var. nutans
- Carduus nutans var. songaricus C.Winkl. ex O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch.
- Carduus nutans var. vestitus (Hallier) B.Boivin
- Carduus phyllolepis Willk.
- Carduus schischkinii Tamamsch.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to July (from 3,692 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Athan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Baykedevries, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kostas Zontanos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jane Weeden, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Baykedevries, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.