Asteraceae
Cirsium spinosissimum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cirsium
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 毛毡蓟
- French
- Cirse epineux, Cirse très épineux, Cirse épineux
- frp
- Èchardôn des gadins
- German
- Alpen-Kratzdistel, Kratzigste Kratzdistel, Stachel-Kratzdistel, Vielstachel-Kratzdistel
- Serbian (Latin)
- Mnogotrnasti čičak
- Slovenian
- Trnati osat
Synonyms
- Carduus comosus Lam.
- Carduus spinosissimus Vill.
- Carthamus involucratus Lam.
- Cirsium caput-medusae Schur ex Nyman
- Cirsium cervini W.D.J.Koch
- Cirsium controversum DC.
- Cirsium hallerianum Gaudin
- Cirsium purpureum All.
- Cirsium spitzelii Sch.Bip. ex Nyman
- Cnicus purpureus Bertol.
- Cnicus spinosissimus L.
Photos
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Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Teun Spaans, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Teun Spaans, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Teun Spaans, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Teun Spaans, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Steinsplitter, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Cirsium
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- Spear thistleCirsium vulgareAsteraceae
- Marsh thistleCirsium palustreAsteraceae
- Cabbage thistleCirsium oleraceumAsteraceae
- Dwarf thistleCirsium acauleAsteraceae
- Woolly thistleCirsium eriophorumAsteraceae
- Melancholy thistleCirsium heterophyllumAsteraceae
- Cirsium rivulareAsteraceae
- Meadow thistleCirsium dissectumAsteraceae
- Yellow melancholy thistleCirsium erisithalesAsteraceae
- Cirsium tuberosumAsteraceae
- Cirsium creticumAsteraceae
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.