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Cirsium edule, the edible thistle [2] or Indian thistle, [3] is a species of thistle in the genus Cirsium, native to western North America from southeastern Alaska south through British Columbia to Washington and Oregon, and locally inland to Idaho. [4] It is a larval host to the mylitta crescent and the painted lady. [5]
Cirsium vulgare (spear thistle) is listed in the United States (where as a non-native invasive species it has been renamed "bull thistle") as a noxious weed in nine states. [6] Some species in particular are cultivated in gardens and wildflower plantings for their aesthetic value and/or to support pollinators such as bees and butterflies.
The following species in the flowering plant genus Cirsium, the plume thistles, are accepted by Plants of the World Online. [1] A 2022 molecular study reassigned many species to other genera, but Cirsium remains a speciose genus. [ 2 ]
Edule, edible in Latin, may refer to: Cerastoderma edule, the common cockle, an edible saltwater clam species; Cirsium edule, the edible thistle, a thistle species; Dioon edule, a cycad native to Mexico; Lemuropisum edule, an edible wild plant native to south west Madagascar; Memecylon edule, a small evergreen tree native to India
Cirsium edule — edible thistle; Cirsium flodmanii — Flodman's thistle; Cirsium foliosum — leafy thistle; Cirsium hillii — Hill's thistle; Cirsium hookerianum — Hooker's thistle; Cirsium muticum — swamp thistle; Cirsium pitcheri — dune thistle; Cirsium scariosum; Cirsium undulatum — nodding thistle; Cirsium × vancouverense
Our Mystery Plant (Tall thistle, Cirsium altissimum) is a thistle, and I was able to enter a patch of this stuff on a recent field trip in the upstate of South Carolina. Spiny stuff! Spiny stuff!
Cirsium edule, the edible thistle, a thistle species; See also. Edule (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 8 September 2012, at 12:43 (UTC). Text is ...
Most of them are commonly known as thistles; [6] four of the best known genera are Carduus, [7] Cynara (containing the widely eaten artichoke), Cirsium, [7] and Onopordum. [7] They are annual, biennial, or perennial herbs. Many species are thorny on leaves, stems, or involucre, and some have laticifers or resin conduits.