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Cirsium arvense

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Cirsium arvense

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Also known as corn thistle, cursed thistle, field thistle, green thistle, hard thistle, perennial thistle, prickly thistle, small-flowered thistle

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Cirsium arvense is a species of herbaceous plant in the family Asteraceae. It belongs to the genus Cirsium and is classified within the order Asterales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The scientific name is cited as (L.) Scop. Common names for this taxon include Creeping Thistle, Canada thistle, Acker-Kratzdistel, Akkerdistel, and Californian thistle.

The species has a native range that includes Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Assam, Austria, the Azores, Baleares, the Baltic States, Bangladesh, and Belarus. It is also recorded in China, specifically in Fujian, Xinjiang, and the Tibet Autonomous Region. Cirsium arvense is considered invasive to North America. Its taxonomic status is accepted.

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Species

Californian thistle

Cirsium arvense

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderAsterales
  5. FamilyAsteraceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus
Observations recorded1,515,200

二名法 Cirsium arvense(L.) Scop. 變種 C. a. var. arvense C. a. var. incanum 絲路薊(学名:Cirsium arvense),又名田薊[1][2][3]或加拿大薊[4],是一種分佈在歐洲及亞洲北部的薊屬,並且廣泛引進到其他地方。雖然在北美洲一般稱它為加拿大薊,但是並非來自加拿大。[5] 絲路薊下有兩個變種:[3] Cirsium arvense var. arvense:分佈在歐洲大部份地方。葉子下方沒有毛。 Cirsium arvense var. incanum:分佈在歐洲南部。葉子下方有厚毛。 目录 1 形态 2 生態 3 狀況 4 用途 5 參考 6 外部链接 形态 絲路薊是高的草本多年生植物,從地下的根系統形成大型的克隆群落,並於每年春天長出1-1.2米高的莖。於夏天,莖很多是會部份躺下,若有其他植物支撐,則仍會保持挺直。葉子有很多尖刺,長15-20厘米及闊2-3厘米。花序的直徑長1-2.2厘米,所有小花的形狀相似。花朵一般都是雌雄異體的,但並非沒有不同,其中一些植株則會有雌雄同體的花朵。種子長4-5毫米,有冠毛,可以經風力傳播。[3][6][7] 生態 正在吃絲路薊種子的金翅雀。 絲路薊的種子是歐洲金翅雀及赤胸朱頂雀的重要食物,亦是其他雀科的食物之一。[8]絲路薊葉子是鱗翅目超過20個物種及一些蚜蟲的食物,當中包括小紅蛺蝶及埃尺蛾等。[9][10][11] 狀況 絲路薊一直被廣泛認為是一種野草,如在英國,它就被定為「有害的野草」。[12]它們在很多地區亦是嚴重入侵物種,一般是作為糧食種子的污染物而被引入這些地區。在很多國家,如澳洲、巴西、加拿大[13]、新西蘭及美國都將它定為有害的野草,一些國家甚至限制它們或其部份的引入。 用途 絲路薊的根是可以吃的,以主根最有營養,不過卻有傾向令一些人放屁。葉子也是可以吃的,但清除尖刺卻令人感到厭煩。[14] 參考 ^ Joint Nature Conservation Committee: Cirsium arvense ^ Botanical Society of the British Isles Database 互联网档案馆的存檔,存档日期2007-08-08. ^ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Flora of Northwest Europe: Cirsium arvense 互联网档案馆的存檔,存档日期2008-07-05. ^ Nebraska Department of Agriculture Noxious Weed Program 互联网档案馆的存檔,存档日期2008-06-01. ^ Invasive and Problem Plants of the United States: Cirsium arvense 互联网档案馆的

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
10,131
With media
8,508
Family
Asteraceae
Collections
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS
Recorded in
Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
herbaceous plant
Parent taxon
Cirsium
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taxon name
Cirsium arvense
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Cirsium arvense
taxon common name
Canadian Thistle
invasive to
North America
short name
C. arvense
taxon author citation
(L.) Scop.
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Encyclopedic overview

Cirsium arvense is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native throughout Europe and western Asia, northern Africa and widely introduced elsewhere. The standard English name in its native area is creeping thistle. It is also commonly misnomered as Canada thistle and sometimes as field thistle.

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