Creeping Thistle/Canada Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Summary 6

Cirsium arvense is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native throughout Europe and northern Asia, and widely introduced elsewhere. The standard English name in its native area is creeping thistle.

https://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/what-we-do/resource-centre/invasive-species/canada-thistle.html

How to recognize it? 7

Smooth stem. Irregular, wavy non-hairy leaves with spiny edges. Small (<1in) lavender flowers with sweet scent.

Native lookalike: Hookers Thistle

Observations in Banff National Park 8

2020-21: https://inaturalist.ca/observations?project_id=69401&taxon_id=60132&place_id=any&verifiable=any
2019-20: https://inaturalist.ca/observations?project_id=38602&taxon_id=60132&place_id=any&verifiable=any

Fontes e Créditos

  1. (c) Almantas Kulbis, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por Almantas Kulbis
  2. (c) David Rasp, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20200701Cirsium_arvense3.jpg
  3. (c) Danny S., alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cirsium_arvense-039.jpg
  4. (c) Donald Hobern, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cirsium_arvense_(19531824473).jpg
  5. (c) Matt Lavin, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cirsium_arvense_(5002124956).jpg
  6. Adaptado por bioblitzbanff de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirsium_arvense
  7. Adaptado por metallyza de uma obra de (c) bioblitzbanff, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)
  8. (c) metallyza, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)

Mais informações

BioDiversity4All Mapa