Cirsium dissectum

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Cirsium dissectum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species:
C. dissectum
Binomial name
Cirsium dissectum
(L.) Hill (1768)
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Carduus anglicus Lam. (1785)
  • Carduus cirsium Mill. (1768)
  • Carduus dissectus L. (1753)
  • Carduus pratensis Huds. (1778)
  • Carduus semipinnatus Desf. ex Steud. (1821)
  • Carduus tuberosus Vill. (1788), nom. illeg.
  • Cirsium anglicum (Lam.) DC. (1805)
  • Cirsium britannicum Scop. (1769)
  • Cirsium bulbosum subsp. anglicum (Lam.) Bonnier & Layens (1894)
  • Cirsium lanceolatum Hill (1769)
  • Cirsium pratense Druce (1917)
  • Cirsium spurium Delastre (1842)
  • Cirsium tuberosum subsp. anglicum (Lam.) Braun-Blanq.
  • Cirsium tuberosum subsp. anglicum P.Fourn. (1940)
  • Cirsium tuberosum proles anglicum (Lam.) Rouy (1905)
  • Cnicus anglicus (Lam.) C.C.Gmel. (1808)
  • Cnicus britannicus Druce (1906)
  • Cnicus dentatus Willd. (1803)
  • Cnicus dissectus (L.) Willd. 1665 (1803)
  • Cnicus pratensis (Huds.) Willd. (1803)
  • Cnicus spurius Hoffm. (1804)

Cirsium dissectum, also known as meadow thistle,

peat bogs i.e. it prefers damp boggy areas.[3][4]

Description

Cirsium dissectum grows 15 to 50 cm tall. It resembles a more slender version of Cirsium heterophyllum in having a grooved cottony stem and lanceolate shaped leaves, that have prickles and not spines. However the leaves are narrower (under 3 cm), less hairy underneath, and hairy on top.[5]

The

florets being dark red/purple, flowering from June until August.[5]

The plant has runners.[5]

Similar species

pinnated. It is found in calcareous grasslands but very rare. It has been recorded in Britain in the counties of Cambridgeshire, Glamorgan, and Wiltshire.[5]

It flowers from June until July.[5]

References

  1. ^ Cirsium dissectum (L.) Hill. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Cardo sbrandellato, Cirsium dissectum (L.) Hill
  4. ISBN 0-7232-2419-6
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  5. ^ a b c d e Wildflowers of the British Isles
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