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 carolinianum   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cirsium carolinianum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Cirsium carolinianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-25-008:

Carduus carolinianus   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cirsium flaccidum

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cirsium virginianum

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Thistle, Spring Thistle, Soft Thistle, Prairie Thistle


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image of Cirsium carolinianum, Carolina Thistle, Spring Thistle, Soft Thistle, Prairie Thistle

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_carolinianum_1

August        

Involucres 0.6-0.8" high, bracts appressed, only outer with short spines, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE involucral bracts of Thistles

image of Cirsium carolinianum, Carolina Thistle, Spring Thistle, Soft Thistle, Prairie Thistle

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_carolinianum_61

September        

Corollas pink-purple (white), throats noticeably wider than tubes, per Flora of North America.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cirsium carolinianum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-25-008:
Carduus carolinianus   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cirsium flaccidum

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cirsium virginianum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3383

Forb
Biennial/Perennial

Habitat: Prairies, open woodlands over mafic, ultramafic, or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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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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