Onopordum acanthium

Also known as Cotton Thistle

species of plant

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Onopordum acanthium is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It belongs to the genus Onopordum and is classified within the order Asterales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The taxon is accepted under the authority L. Common names for this species include Cotton Thistle, Gewöhnliche Eselsdistel, Wegdistel, ostropes trubil, and scotch thistle.

The taxon range includes China and Xinjiang. Records of the species are held by institutions such as DAV, CHSC, RSA, NEON, and CAS, with occurrences documented in the United States and Canada. The taxon has an occurrence count of 88,048 and a record count of 2,053, accompanied by 1,439 media files.

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Vinony's link graph records 66 inbound references to Onopordum acanthium, and connects out to United States, Australia and Kazakhstan.

It is catalogued under topics including Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Flora of Europe and Flora of Spain.

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Species

Cotton thistle

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae

Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia

Observations recorded88,048

Die Gewöhnliche Eselsdistel (Onopordum acanthium),[1][2] auch Gemeine Eselsdistel, Krebsdistel, Wolldistel oder Krampfdistel genannt, ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Gattung Eselsdisteln (Onopordum) in der Unterfamilie der Carduoideae innerhalb der Familie der Korbblütler (Asteraceae). Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Beschreibung 1.1 Vegetative Merkmale 1.2 Generative Merkmale 2 Ökologie 3 Vorkommen 4 Systematik 5 Nutzung 6 Geschichte 7 Bilder 8 Quellen 8.1 Literatur 8.2 Einzelnachweise 9 Weiterführende Literatur 9.1 Wissenschaftliche Texte in Englisch und Französisch 9.2 Weblinks Beschreibung Habitus im ersten Jahr Habitus im zweiten Jahr Illustration aus Sturm Achänen mit Pappus Vegetative Merkmale Die Gewöhnliche Eselsdistel ist eine zweijährige krautige Pflanze: Im ersten Jahr wird eine Blattrosette gebildet. Im zweiten Jahr wächst sie zu imposanten Wuchshöhen von 0,5 bis 3 Metern und Pflanzendurchmessern von 1,5 Metern heran. Sie ist mit dicht spinnwebigen Haaren bedeckt. Die bis über 1 Meter langen[3] Laubblätter sind eiförmig, kurz gezähnt oder fiederteilig, wellig und dornig. Ihre breit herablaufenden Ränder bilden am Stängel dornige Flügel. Generative Merkmale Die endständigen[3] Blüten

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 2,053
With media: 1,439
Family: Asteraceae
Collections: DAV, CHSC, RSA, NEON, CAS, OBI
Recorded in: United States, Canada

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Onopordum
Image: Onopordum acanthium 080607.JPG

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taxon rank: species
taxon name: Onopordum acanthium
Commons category: Onopordum acanthium
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=104466
taxon common name: 大翅蓟
Commons gallery: Onopordum acanthium
taxon range: China
short name: O. acanthium

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Encyclopedic overview

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Onopordum acanthium (cotton thistle, Scotch (or Scottish) thistle) is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Europe and Western Asia from the Iberian Peninsula east to Kazakhstan, and north to central Scandinavia, and widely naturalised elsewhere, with especially large populations present in the United States and Australia. It is a vigorous biennial plant with coarse, spiny leaves and conspicuous spiny-winged stems.

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