Asteraceae
Yellow melancholy thistle
Cirsium erisithales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cirsium
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Common names
By language (10)
- arz
- سيرسيوم اريسيثال
- Belarusian
- Бадзяк клейкі
- Dutch
- Bleekgele vederdistel
- English
- Yellow melancholy thistle
- German
- Kleb-Kratzdistel, Klebrige Distel
- Hungarian
- Enyves aszat
- Polish
- Ostrożeń lepki
- Slovak
- Pichliač lepkavý
- Slovenian
- Lepki osat
- Welsh
- Ysgallen felen
Synonyms
- Carduus erisithales Jacq.
- Carduus hybridus Steud.
- Carduus ochroleucus Pers.
- Cirsium scopolianum Sch.Bip. ex Nyman
Photos
FlowerPhoto: ahabo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: marius, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marek Hrušovský, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Claude Kolwelter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michel Langeveld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franco Folini, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matteo Martini, 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.