Asteraceae
Woolly thistle
Cirsium eriophorum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cirsium
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (20)
- arz
- سيرسيوم اريفوروم
- Catalan
- Cardigassa vera, Cirse laineux
- Chinese
- 羊毛薊
- Czech
- Pcháč bělohlavý
- Dutch
- Wollige distel
- English
- Woolly thistle
- Finnish
- Villaohdake
- French
- Cirse laineux
- German
- Wollkopf-Kratzdistel, Wollköpfige Distel, Cirse laineux, Wollköpfige Kratzdistel
- Hungarian
- Gyapjas aszat
- Lithuanian
- Cirse laineux
- Macedonian
- Волнеста паламида
- pcd
- Càrdon`d érié, Càrdon roulant
- Polish
- Ostrożeń głowacz
- Russian
- Бодяк шерстистый
- Slovak
- Pichliač belohlavý
- Slovenian
- Volnatoglavi osat
- Spanish
- Cardo lanudo, Cardo burriquiego
- Swedish
- Cirse laineux
- Welsh
- Ysgallen wlanog
Synonyms
- Carduus eriophorus L.
- Carduus spurius L.
- Carduus tomentosus Gilib.
- Carthamus ferox (L.) Lam.
- Cirsium chatenieri Legrand
- Cirsium chodatii Barb.-Gamp.
- Cirsium corbariense var. costae Sennen & Pau
- Cirsium dinaricum Vandas
- Cirsium eriocephalum Wallr.
- Cirsium eriophorum subsp. britannicum Petr.
- Cirsium eriophorum subsp. chatenieri (Legrand) P.Fourn.
- Cirsium eriophorum subsp. chodatii (Barb.-Gamp.) Rivas Mart., T.E.Díaz, Fern.Prieto, Loidi & Penas
- Cirsium eriophorum subsp. degenii (Petr.) Soó
- Cirsium eriophorum subsp. dinaricum (Vandas) Petr.
- Cirsium eriophorum subsp. eriophorum
- Cirsium eriophorum subsp. velenovskyi (Vandas) Petr.
- Cirsium eriophorum subsp. vulgare Petr.
- Cirsium eriophorum var. costae (Sennen & Pau) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Cirsium eriophorum var. eriophorum
- Cirsium insubricum Moretti ex Bertol.
- Cirsium ligulare var. bosniacum
- Cirsium oviforme Gand.
- Cirsium proponticum Griseb.
- Cirsium vandasii Petr.
- Cirsium velenovskyi Vandas
- Cnicus cinaroides Sm.
- Cnicus cynaroides Sm.
- Cnicus eriophorus Roth
- Cnicus eriophorus subsp. eriophorus
- Cnicus eriophorus var. eriophorus
- Cnicus spinosissimus M.Bieb.
- Epitrachys propontica K.Koch
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 1,083 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: User:Tigerente, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: bouet_5, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Rillke, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: richmol, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Rillke, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: aklemenz60, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: daniele Gozzini, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Dolly PRANE, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Oceancetaceen - Alice Chodura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Cirsium
- Creeping thistleCirsium arvenseAsteraceae
- Spear thistleCirsium vulgareAsteraceae
- Marsh thistleCirsium palustreAsteraceae
- Cabbage thistleCirsium oleraceumAsteraceae
- Dwarf thistleCirsium acauleAsteraceae
- Melancholy thistleCirsium heterophyllumAsteraceae
- Cirsium rivulareAsteraceae
- Meadow thistleCirsium dissectumAsteraceae
- Yellow melancholy thistleCirsium erisithalesAsteraceae
- Cirsium spinosissimumAsteraceae
- Cirsium tuberosumAsteraceae
- Cirsium creticumAsteraceae
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.