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Asteraceae

Suisun thistle

Cirsium hydrophilum Jeps.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Cirsium

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Suisun thistle: Mount Tamalpais Thistle (Cirsium hydrophilum var. vaseyi). Variety of plant.
Photo: Scott Loarie, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Suisun thistle

Synonyms

  • Carduus hydrophilus Greene
  • Cirsium vaseyi var. hydrophilum Petr.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Biennial, Perennial
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.