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Asteraceae

Cirsium brevicaule A.Gray

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Cirsium

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Cirsium brevicaule (Cirsium brevicaule)
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
雞觴刺, 鸡觞刺, 島薊
Japanese
シマアザミ

Synonyms

  • Cirsium brevicaule var. brevicaule
  • Cirsium brevicaule var. oshimense Kitam.
  • Cirsium irumtiense Kitam.
  • Cirsium liukiuense Nakai

Flowers

In flower
January, March to June (from 20 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

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). About our plant data.