Asteraceae
Marsh thistle
Cirsium palustre
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cirsium
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Common names
By language (32)
- Belarusian
- Бадзяк балотны, Дзядоўнік дзікі, Дзікі дзядоўнік
- Bulgarian
- Блатна паламида
- csb
- Błotny kagùlc
- Czech
- Pcháč bahenní
- Danish
- Kær-Tidsel
- Dutch
- Kale jonker
- English
- Marsh thistle
- Estonian
- Soo-ohakas
- Faroese
- Mýritistil
- Finnish
- Suo-ohdake
- French
- Cirse des marais
- German
- Sumpf-Kratzdistel, Sumpfkratzdistel
- Hungarian
- Mocsári aszat
- Irish
- Feochadán corraigh
- Japanese
- キルシウム・パルストレ
- kw
- Askall kors
- Latvian
- Purva dadzis
- Lithuanian
- Pelkinė usnis
- Macedonian
- Барска паламида
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Myrtistel
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Myrtistel
- Persian
- خاربن مرداب
- Polish
- Ostrożeń błotny
- Russian
- Бодяк болотный
- Slovak
- Pichliač močiarny
- Slovenian
- Močvirski osat
- Swedish
- Kärrtistel
- Tatar
- Саз билчәне
- Ukrainian
- Осот болотяний
- Walloon
- Tcherdon d' pré
- Welsh
- Ysgallen y Gors, Ysgall y gors
- Western Frisian
- Houtstikel
Synonyms
- Carduus chailletii Godr.
- Carduus laciniatus Lam.
- Carduus palustris L.
- Cirsium chailletii Gaudin
- Cirsium forsteri Loudon
- Cirsium horridum (Posp.) Trotter
- Cirsium kochianum Loehr
- Cirsium laciniatum Doell ex Nyman
- Cirsium lacteum Schleich. ex W.Koch
- Cirsium lacteum Schleich.
- Cirsium palatinum Sch.Bip. ex Nyman
- Cirsium palustre f. horridum Posp.
- Cirsium palustre f. palustre
- Cirsium palustre subsp. palustre
- Cirsium palustriforme Dalla Torre & Sarnth.
- Cirsium parviflorum Lange ex Nyman
- Cirsium pseudopalustre Schur
- Cirsium semidecurrens Klett & Richt.
- Cnicus forsteri Sm.
- Cnicus lacteus Schleich.
- Cnicus palustris (L.) Willd.
- Cynara palustris (L.) Stokes
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 1,498 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Das, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Алексей Ябс, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: ahabo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Iona M., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Atha, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: T.Voekler, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dag Endresen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Charles Joynson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.