Asteraceae
Winged plumeless thistle
Carduus tenuiflorus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Carduus
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- لسان رفيع الزهرة
- arz
- لسان رفيع الزهره
- Dutch
- Tengere distel
- English
- Winged plumeless thistle, Slender thistle
- Finnish
- Hoikkakarhiainen
- French
- Chardon à petits capitules, Chardon à capitules grêles
- German
- Dünnköpfige Distel, Schmalköpfige Distel
- Irish
- Feochadán caol
- Italian
- Cardo minore
- Welsh
- Ysgallen flodfain
Synonyms
- Carduus argiroa Nyman
- Carduus argyroa Kunze
- Carduus malacitanus Boiss. & Reut.
- Carduus microcephalus Gaudin
- Carduus pycnocephalus subsp. tenuiflorus (Curtis) Batt.
- Carduus pycnocephalus var. corbariensis (Timb.-Lagr. & Thévenau) Rouy
- Carduus pycnocephalus var. spinulosus Pau
- Carduus pycnocephalus var. tenuiflorus (Curtis) Ball
- Carduus tenuiflorus var. tenuiflorus
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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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.