Asteraceae
Cirsium brevicaule
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cirsium
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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

FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Gao Lezhe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Takaaki Hattori, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Moogoo Lee, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Takaaki Hattori, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Moogoo Lee, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.