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Asteraceae

Thomson thistle

Cousinia thomsonii C.B.Clarke

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Cousinia

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Thomson thistle: Thomson’s thistle (Pink purple head with cottony involucres and recurved apical spine), Sissu, Lahaul, Himachal. Elev. 3,250m
Photo: Timothy A. Gonsalves, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
毛苞刺头菊, 毛苞刺頭菊, 棉刺头菊
English
Thomson thistle

Synonyms

  • Arctium thomsonii (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze
  • Cousinia elasoonensis Rech.f. & Edelb.
  • Cousinia xanthophoenicea Bornm.

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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.