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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]
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 ]
Cirsium oleraceum, the cabbage thistle [3] or Siberian thistle, is a species of thistle in the genus Cirsium within the family Asteraceae, native to central and eastern Europe and Asia, where it grows in wet lowland soils. [4] Cirsium oleraceum is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.5 m tall, the stems unbranched or with only a very few ...
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.
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.
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
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 ...