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Carduus nutans

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Carduus nutans

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Also known as Musk Thistle

species of plant

Species

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderAsterales
  5. FamilyAsteraceae
Observations recorded138,455

垂花飞廉(学名:Carduus nutans)为菊科飞廉属的植物。分布在北非、欧洲、俄罗斯以及中国大陆的新疆等地,生长于海拔540米至2,300米的地区,一般生于田边、山谷或草地,目前尚未由人工引种栽培。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4,770
With media
3,518
Family
Asteraceae
Collections
USFWS, WCUH, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, CHSC, MEL, CM
Recorded in
United States, Canada, Italy, Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Carduus
Image
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species
taxon name
Carduus nutans
Commons category
Carduus nutans
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Carduus nutans
has fruit type
achene
taxon common name
飞廉
invasive to
Oregon
short name
C. nutans
taxon author citation
L.
taxon range
Xinjiang
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Encyclopedic overview

Carduus nutans is a biennial plant in the daisy and sunflower family Asteraceae with the common names musk thistle, nodding thistle, and nodding plumeless thistle. It is native to regions of Europe, Central Asia, and North Africa, where it is a scattered pasture plant. The musk thistle has been declared as invasive in North America, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

Description

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carduus nutans” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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