Asteraceae
Cobwebby thistle
Cirsium occidentale
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cirsium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Bulgarian
- Западна паламида
- English
- Cobwebby thistle
Synonyms
- Cirsium occidentale subsp. eu-occidentale Petr.
- Cnicus lilacinus Greene
- Cnicus occidentalis (Nutt.) A.Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Wing-Chi Poon, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ahaffa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ahaffa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: nateabrown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: iambaileylou, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: JM Morton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.