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Cirsium vulgare

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Cirsium vulgare, commonly called spear thistle, bull thistle, or common thistle, is a flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae, native throughout most of Europe, Western Asia, and northwestern Africa, and naturalized as an invasive weed in North America, Africa, and Australia. It is biennial, forming a rosette of leaves and a taproot up to 70 centimeters long in its first year and a flowering stem 1 to 1.5 meters tall in its second year. The plant has winged, spine tipped stems and deeply lobed gray green leaves that give it its spear shaped appearance, along with pink purple flower heads and downy, wind dispersed seeds. It is notably the national flower of Scotland. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Freshwater 2

Relationship to People

Invasive or Introduced Species 2

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

GNR Unranked 3

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Scientific Name

Cirsium vulgare 5

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated 6

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Source Wikidata: Cirsium vulgare

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Sources

1. Cirsium vulgare (Wikipedia)

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Cirsium vulgare, commonly known as spear thistle, bull thistle, or common thistle, is a species of the Asteraceae genus Cirsium, native throughout most of Europe (north to 66°N, locally 68°N), Western Asia (east to the Yenisei Valley), and northwestern Africa (Atlas Mountains).

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2. Wikipedia: Cirsium vulgare

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Marsh thistle, Cirsium palustre, was ranked in first place while this thistle was ranked in sixth place.
Introduction
Cirsium vulgare, commonly known as spear thistle, bull thistle, or common thistle, is a species of the Asteraceae genus Cirsium, native throughout most of Europe (north to 66°N, locally 68°N), Western Asia (east to the Yenisei Valley), and northwestern Africa (Atlas Mountains). It is also naturalised in North America, Africa, and Australia and is an invasive weed in several regions.

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3. NatureServe Explorer: Cirsium vulgare

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"roundedGRank": "GNR"

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Asterales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12418

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"cites_listing":"I/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Asterales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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5. Wikipedia: Cirsium vulgare

WikipediaWikidata Q21177 (P225 taxon name)View the Source

6. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Cirsium vulgare

GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 3112801, category field

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"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"

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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Asteraceae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12520

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"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"

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Wikidata: Cirsium vulgare

Child Taxon Of: Asteraceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

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