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Cirsium vulgare
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species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae
OverviewAI-generated
Cirsium vulgare is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae, belonging to the genus Cirsium. It is classified within the class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, and phylum Tracheophyta. Common names for this taxon include Spear Thistle, Lanzett-Kratzdistel, Speerdistel, and pcháč obecný. The species produces achenes as its fruit type and is categorized as a weed.
The range of Cirsium vulgare includes Xinjiang, Russia, Europe, the Mediterranean region, and North Africa. It is also present in North America as an invasive species. The plant grows at elevations between 800 and 1,800 meters, typically in fields or damp meadows. Records from iDigBio indicate occurrences in Canada, the United States, Finland, and Mexico.
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Species
Cirsium vulgare
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
翼蓟（学名：Cirsium vulgare）是菊科蓟属的植物，又名歐洲薊，分布在俄罗斯、欧洲、地中海地区、北非以及中国大陆的新疆等地，並在北美洲作为入侵生物存在，生长于海拔800米至1,800米的地区，多生长于田间或潮湿草地。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9,497
- With media
- 7,198
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, FCAGRI-UAEM, INECOL, UCONN, IBUNAM, FC-UABC
- Recorded in
- Canada, United States, Finland, Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
Cirsium vulgare, commonly known as spear thistle, bull thistle, or common thistle, is a species of the Asteraceae genus Cirsium, native throughout most of Europe (north to 66°N, locally 68°N), Western Asia (east to the Yenisei Valley), and northwestern Africa (Atlas Mountains). It is also naturalised in North America, Africa, and Australia and is an invasive weed in several regions. It is the national flower of Scotland.
The plant provides a great deal of nectar for pollinators. It was rated in the top 10 for most nectar production (nectar per unit cover per year) in a UK plants survey conducted by the AgriLand project which is supported by the UK Insect Pollinators Initiative. Marsh thistle, Cirsium palustre, was ranked in first place while this thistle was ranked in sixth place. It also was a top producer of nectar sugar in another study in Britain, ranked third with a production per floral unit of (2300 ± 400 μg).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cirsium vulgare” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.