PLANTS Profile for Cirsium scariosum (meadow thistle)

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PLANTS Profile

Cirsium scariosum Nutt.
meadow thistle

Symbol:

CISC2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Cirsium scariosum Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Cirsium scariosum Nutt.

CAAM19	Carduus americanus (A. Gray) Rydb.
CACO52	Carduus coloradensis Rydb.
CIACA	Cirsium acaule All. var. americanum A. Gray
CIAC3	Cirsium acaulescens (Rydb.) K. Schum.
CIAM4	Cirsium americanum (A. Gray) K. Schum.
CIBU3	Cirsium butleri (Rydb.) Petr.
CICO2	Cirsium coloradense (Rydb.) Cockerell
CICOA	Cirsium coloradense (Rydb.) Cockerell ssp. acaulescens (Rydb.) Petr.
CICOL	Cirsium coloradense (Rydb.) Cockerell ssp. longissimum (A. Heller) Petr.
CICO3	Cirsium congdonii J.W. Moore & Frankton	rosette thistle
CIDRL	Cirsium drummondii Torr. & A. Gray ssp. lanatum Petr.
CIDRL2	Cirsium drummondii Torr. & A. Gray ssp. latisquamum Petr.
CIDRV	Cirsium drummondii Torr. & A. Gray ssp. vexans Petr.
CIDRA	Cirsium drummondii Torr. & A. Gray var. acaulescens (Rydb.) J.F. Macbr.
CIDRO	Cirsium drummondii Torr. & A. Gray var. oregonense Petr.
CIER2	Cirsium ×erosum (Rydb.) K. Schum. (pro sp.), database artifact	glory thistle
CIER4	Cirsium erosum (Rydb.) K. Schum.
CIKE	Cirsium kelseyi (Rydb.) Petr.
CILA4	Cirsium lacerum (Rydb.) Petr.
CIMA3	Cirsium magnificum (A. Nelson) Petr.
CIMI	Cirsium minganense Victorin
CIOR	Cirsium oreophilum (Rydb.) K. Schum.	crow thistle
CIQUC4	Cirsium quercetorum (A. Gray) Jeps. var. citrinum Petr.
CISCS	Cirsium scariosum Nutt. var. scariosum	meadow thistle
CISCT	Cirsium scariosum Nutt. var. thorneae S.L. Welsh	meadow thistle
CITI	Cirsium tioganum (Congd.) Petr.	stemless thistle
CITIC	Cirsium tioganum (Congd.) Petr. var. coloradense (Rydb.) Dorn	Colorado thistle
CITIT	Cirsium tioganum (Congd.) Petr. var. tioganum	Tioga thistle
CNDRA	Cnicus drummondii (Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray var. acaulescens Rydb.
CNTI	Cnicus tioganus Congd.

Distribution:
Cirsium scariosum Nutt.


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, QC)

Related Taxa:
Cirsium scariosum Nutt.

View 478 genera in Asteraceae, 95 species in Cirsium

Classification:
Cirsium scariosum Nutt.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Cirsium Mill. – thistle
Species	Cirsium scariosum Nutt. – meadow thistle

Noxious Weed Information:
Cirsium scariosum Nutt.

The related entities italicized and indented above are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Arkansas:
Cirsium
thistle		Noxious weed
Iowa:
Cirsium
thistle		Primary noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information:
Cirsium scariosum Nutt.

Cirsium
thistle

The related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE

Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Cirsium scariosum Nutt.

Cirsium magnificum:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cirsium scariosum Nutt.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36413.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 06:57 PM CST