Cirsium Plants — Species, Care & Identification
Cirsium is a plant genus in the Asteraceae family. PlantoScan has care guides for 76 species in this genus, listed over 2 pages. Each guide covers watering, light, soil, hardiness zone and pet toxicity, with sources.
Cirsium species
Creeping Thistle
Cirsium arvense
Richard Bartz, Munich aka Makro FreakCC BY-SA 2.5Wikimedia Commonsresized
Alpine Thistle
Cirsium alpestre
Ivar LeidusCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Tall Thistle
Cirsium altissimum
Eric HuntCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Andrews' Thistle
Cirsium andrewsii
Will Elder, NPSPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Arizona thistle
Cirsium arizonicum
Benjamin CodyCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Carduus acaulis
Cirsium bipontinum
Ivar LeidusCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
California Thistle
Cirsium brevistylum
Ken-ichi UedaCC BY 4.0iNaturalistresized
Cymose Thistle
Cirsium cymosum
Tom HiltonCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Purple Thistle
Cirsium dissectum
Christian FischerCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Douglas's thistle
Cirsium douglasii
Elaine with Grey Cats from Mountain View, CA, USACC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Drummond's Thistle
Cirsium drummondii
AlbertCahalan~commonswikiPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Eaton's Thistle
Cirsium eatonii
Stan ShebsCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Clokey's Thistle
Cirsium eatonii var. clokeyi
Stan ShebsCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Edible thistle
Cirsium edule
Walter SiegmundCC BY 2.5Wikimedia Commonsresized
Scottish Thistle
Cirsium eriophorum
User:TigerenteCC BY 2.5Wikimedia Commonsresized
Yellow Plume Thistle
Cirsium erisithales
HectonichusCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Flodman's Thistle
Cirsium flodmanii
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 551. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc.Public domainWikimedia Commons
Scottish Thistle
Cirsium helenioides
Anneli SaloCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Melancholy Thistle
Cirsium heterophyllum
Ivar LeidusCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Hooker's Thistle
Cirsium hookerianum
Dean Wm. TaylorCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Purple Thistle
Cirsium horridulum
Bladner32CC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Suisun Marsh Thistle
Cirsium hydrophilum
Valary BloomPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Purple Thistle
Cirsium muticum
Superior National ForestCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
New Mexico Thistle
Cirsium neomexicanum
Skoch3CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
California Thistle
Cirsium occidentale
Eric HuntCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Yellowspine Thistle
Cirsium ochrocentrum
Clarence A. RechenthinPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Meadow Thistle
Cirsium oleraceum
Carl Axel Magnus LindmanPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Marsh thistle
Cirsium palustre
Ivar LeidusCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Perplexing Thistle
Cirsium perplexans
Phil Nyland, USFS biologist per [1]Public domainWikimedia Commons
Pitcher's Thistle
Cirsium pitcheri
Fish and Wildlife ServicePublic domainWikimedia Commons
Cirsium pugnax
en:User:Saranphat.chaCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Beautiful Thistle
Cirsium pulcherrimum
AlbertCahalan~commonswikiPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Pasture Thistle
Cirsium pumilum
AlbertCahalan~commonswikiPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Carmel Thistle
Cirsium quercetorum
Eric in SFCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Coastal Thistle
Cirsium rhothophilum
Joe DecruyenaereCC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Scarious Thistle
Cirsium scariosum
J SchmidtPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Cirsium setidens
산삼이CC BY 2.0 krWikimedia Commonsresized
Cirsium sorocephalum
Ivar LeidusCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Wavy Leaf Thistle
Cirsium undulatum
JW StockertPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Carduus vinaceus
Cirsium vinaceum
Heather Hollis, U.S. Forest Service.Public domainWikimedia Commons
Wheeler's Thistle
Cirsium wheeleri
Reidab, Grunt, 3247, PumbaaCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
- Cirsium arisanenseCirsium arisanensePlantoScan
Cirsium arisanense
- Cirsium barnebyiCirsium barnebyiPlantoScan
Cirsium barnebyi
- Cirsium boninenseCirsium boninensePlantoScan
Cirsium boninense
- Shorthead ThistleCirsium brachycephalumPlantoScan
Shorthead Thistle
Cirsium brachycephalum
- Shortleaf ThistleCirsium brevifoliumPlantoScan
Shortleaf Thistle
Cirsium brevifolium
- Prairie ThistleCirsium canescensPlantoScan
Prairie Thistle
Cirsium canescens
- Carolina ThistleCirsium carolinianumPlantoScan
Carolina Thistle
Cirsium carolinianum
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