Cirsium canescens Nutt. is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Cirsium canescens Nutt. (Cirsium canescens Nutt.)
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Cirsium canescens Nutt.

Cirsium canescens Nutt.

Cirsium canescens (prairie thistle) is a flowering thistle in the sunflower family native to parts of north-central and western United States.

Family
Genus
Cirsium
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Cirsium canescens Nutt.

Cirsium canescens Nutt., commonly called prairie thistle, is a species of flowering thistle that belongs to the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is native to the north-central and western United States. Its documented growing locations within the country include Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, California, and Nevada.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Cirsium

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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