Biology:Cirsium rydbergii

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Short description: Species of thistle

Cirsium rydbergii

Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species:
C. rydbergii
Binomial name
Cirsium rydbergii
Petr.
Synonyms[2]

Cirsium lactucinum Rydb.

Cirsium rydbergii, the alcove thistle, or Rydberg's thistle, is North American species of perennial plants in the family Asteraceae, found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands regions of the southwestern United States, in the States of Utah and Arizona.[3]:111

Cirsium rydbergii is a large perennial herb sometimes reaching a height of 300 cm (10 feet). It has no or very few branches, and pinnately lobed leaves up to 90 cm (3 feet) long with many sharp spines but usually very few hairs. flower heads are spiny on the sides, containing white, pink, or purple disc florets but no ray florets.[4]

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.155670/Cirsium_rydbergii. 
  2. The Plant List, Cirsium rydbergii Petr.
  3. Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ISBN:978-0-7627-7013-7
  4. Flora of North America, Rydberg’s or alcove thistle . Cirsium rydbergii Petrak

Wikidata ☰ Q15594527 entry