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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 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 ...
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.
Milk thistle flowerhead Cirsium arizonicum, showing arachnoid cobwebbiness on stems and leaves, with ants attending aphids that might be taking advantage of the shelter. Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterized by leaves with sharp spikes on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all ...
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
Creeping thistle foliage is used as a food by over 20 species of Lepidoptera, including the painted lady butterfly and the engrailed moth, and several species of aphids. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] [ 33 ] The C. arvense species is also noted to be a food source for the Altica cirsicola beetle species.
Cirsium rivulare is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern and western Europe, adventive in Britain, and naturalised in Sweden and Belgium. [ 1 ] Growing to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall, this erect herbaceous perennial is a clump-forming thistle, with narrow grey-green prickly leaves and small purple globular ...
Cirsium undulatum is a species of thistle known by the common names wavyleaf thistle and gray thistle. [2] It is native to much of central and western North America from British Columbia east to Manitoba and south as far as the State of Durango in Mexico. It has also been found outside of its native range as an introduced species. [3] [4]