Asteraceae
Prairie thistle
Cirsium canescens
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cirsium
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Cirsium canescensAsteraceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Prairie thistle
Synonyms
- Carduus dacoticus A.Nelson ex Visher
- Carduus discolor Hook.
- Carduus nebraskensis Britton
- Carduus nelsonii Pammel
- Carduus plattense Rydb.
- Carduus plattensis var. plattensis
- Carduus undulatus var. canescens (Nutt.) Porter
- Cirsium nebraskense Lunell
- Cirsium nebraskense var. formidolosum Lunell
- Cirsium nebraskense var. nebraskense
- Cirsium nelsonii Petr.
- Cirsium plattense (Rydb.) Fernald ex B.L.Rob.
- Cirsium plattense (Rydb.) Cockerell ex Daniels
- Cirsium plattense (Rydb.) Fernald
- Cirsium plattense (Rydb.) Cockerell
- Cnicus canescens Pammel
- Cnicus nelsonii Pammel
- Cnicus undulatus var. canescens (Nutt.) A.Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.