Asteraceae
Armed thistle
Cirsium pugnax
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cirsium
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Armed thistle
- Russian
- Бодяк воинственный, Бодяк защищённый
Synonyms
- Carduus horridus Adams
- Cirsium horridum (Adams) Petr.
- Cnicus nidulans C.Winkl. ex O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch.
- Epitrachys munita K.Koch
Photos
Photo: Татьяна Винокурова, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, 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). About our plant data.