OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cirsium repandum   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cirsium repandum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Cirsium repandum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-25-010:

Carduus repandus   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cirsium repandum

 

COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Thistle


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image of Cirsium repandum, Sandhill Thistle

JK Marlow    jkm080713_084

July    Aiken County    SC

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve

image of Cirsium repandum, Sandhill Thistle

JK Marlow    jkm080713_088

July    Aiken County    SC

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve

Nutlets smooth; pappus whitish, 2-3 cm long, plumose [feathery], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Cirsium repandum, Sandhill Thistle

JK Marlow    jkm080713_091

July    Aiken County    SC

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve

image of Cirsium repandum, Sandhill Thistle

JK Marlow    jkm080713_128

July    Aiken County    SC

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve

Leaves are spreading, narrow, thorny, sessile, and crowded along the stem, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Cirsium repandum, Sandhill Thistle

JK Marlow    jkm080713_129

July    Aiken County    SC

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve

"Repandum" means "with slightly wavy margin" referring to leaf margins, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Cirsium repandum, Sandhill Thistle

Tim Spira    tps_crepandum

Month Unknown        

Heads 1-5, rarely more, corymbose. Involucres 2.5-3.3cm long, arachnose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cirsium repandum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cirsium repandum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Cirsium repandum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-25-010:
Carduus repandus   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cirsium repandum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2554

Forb
Biennial/Possibly perennial

Habitat: Sandhills, other dry sandy habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins spiny

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Disc: Purplish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene

 

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