Asteraceae
Parry's thistle
Cirsium parryi
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cirsium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Parry's thistle, Mogollon thistle, Cloudcroft thistle, Gila thistle, Pale thistle
Synonyms
- Carduus gilensis Wooton & Standl.
- Carduus inornatus Wooton & Standl.
- Carduus pallidus Wooton & Standl.
- Carduus parryi Greene
- Cirsium gilense Wooton & Standl.
- Cirsium inornatum Wooton & Standl.
- Cirsium pallidum Wooton & Standl.
- Cirsium parryi subsp. mogollonicum Schaack & Goodwin
- Cnicus parryi A.Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: DeanWmTaylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.