Cirsium acaule (Stemless Thistle) is a perennial herb with leaves arranged in a spreading rosette. The leaves are spiny and up to 6 inches…
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Cirsium is a genus of perennial and biennial flowering plants in the Asteraceae. They are mostly native to Eurasia and northern Africa, with about 60 species from North America. The genus name derives from the Greek word "kirsos" meaning "swollen vein".
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Cirsium oleraceum (Cabbage Thistle) is a herbaceous perennial plant with unbranched stems or only a few branches. It grows up to 5 feet…
Cirsium pyrenaicum (Pyrenean Thistle) is a rhizomatous perennial plant that grows up to 5 feet (1.5 m) tall. Leaves are green, lance…
Cirsium monspessulanum (Montpellier Thistle) is an erect perennial plant that grows up to 5 feet (1.5 m) tall. Its leaves are green, lance…
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle) is a tall, biennial or short-lived monocarpic plant that forms a rosette of leaves and a taproot up to 28…
Cirsium rivulare 'Trevor's Blue Wonder' (Plume Thistle) is a perennial plant with upright leafy stems that grow up to 4 feet (1.2 m) tall…
Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum' is an upright perennial that grows up to 4 feet (1.2 m) tall, forming a clump of branching leafy stems…
Cirsium rivulare (Brook Thistle) is an upright perennial that forms a clump of branching leafy stems with purple many-stellate flowers…
Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle) is an erect perennial herbaceous plant with an extensive creeping rootstock and ridged and hairy stems…