Asteraceae

Cirsium rivulare (Jacq.) All.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium

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Cirsium rivulare (Cirsium rivulare) — FlowerPhoto: Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (7)

Belarusian: Бадзяк прыручайны
Chinese: 河岸蓟
Czech: Pcháč potoční
German: Bach-Kratzdistel
Italian: Cirsio dei ruscelli
Russian: Бодяк поручейный, Бодяк прибрежный, Бодяк приручейный, Бодяк речной
Slovenian: Potočni osat

Synonyms

Carduus erisithales Vill.
Carduus pontederae Steud.
Carduus rivularis Jacq.
Carduus salisburgensis Pers.
Carduus tricephaloides Lam.
Cirsium carniolicum All.
Cirsium gracile Schur
Cirsium salisburgense G.Don
Cirsium semipectinatum Rchb.
Cirsium tricephalodes DC.
Cirsium tricephalum St.-Lag.
Cnicus autareticus Loisel.
Cnicus pontederae Pollini
Cnicus rivularis Willd.
Cnicus salisburgensis Willd.
Cnicus seminudus Schleich. ex DC.

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: hanachyt, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Oleksii Vasyliuk, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Edergritschen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bartosz Cuber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Radosław Puchałka, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.