Cirsium vulgare

Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten., Fl. Napol. 5 209 1835. (Syn: Ascalea lanceolata (L.) Hill; Carduus divaricatus Gllib.; Carduus lanceatus Hill; Carduus lanceolatus L.; Carduus lanceolatus var. arachnoideo-lanuginosus M.Gómez; Carduus nemoralis E.H.L.Krause; Carduus samniticus Ten.; Chamaepeuce firma DC.; Cirsium abyssinicum Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.; Cirsium atticum Sch.Bip. ex Nyman; Cirsium auriculatum E.G.Camus ex Belèze; Cirsium balearicum Willk.; Cirsium carminans Dumort.; Cirsium drijeri Rchb.f.; Cirsium dubium Lojac.; Cirsium godronii Sch.Bip. ex Nyman; Cirsium gracile Rostr. ex Nyman; Cirsium judicariense Porta ex Petr.; Cirsium lanceolatum (L.) Scop.; Cirsium lanceolatum var. album N.Coleman; Cirsium lanigerum Naegeli; Cirsium leucanicum Lojac.; Cirsium linkii Nyman; Cirsium longespinosum Tod. ex Nyman; Cirsium misilmerense Ces., Pass. & Gibelli; Cirsium nemorale Rchb.; Cirsium pseudolanceolatum Schur; Cirsium rosani Ten.; Cirsium samniticum Steud.; Cirsium sansebastianii Evers ex Petr.; Cirsium sylvaticum DC.; Cirsium tauscheri Simonk. ex Petr.; Cirsium tempskyanum Rigo ex Huter; Cirsium virens Timb.-Lagr. & Jeanb. ex Nyman; Cirsium vulgare var. album Mozaff.; Cirsium vulgare f. erdneri Soó; Cirsium vulgare var. nemorale (Rchb.) Tzvelev; Cnicus hawaiensis H.Lév.; Cnicus lanceolatus (L.) Willd.; Cnicus leucophanus Baumg. ex Schur; Cnicus samniticus Ten.; Cynara lanceata Stokes; Epitrachys lanceolata (L.) K.Koch; Epitrachys nemoralis K.Koch; Eriolepis lanceolata (L.) Cass.; Lophiolepis dubia Cass.; Serratula lanceolata (L.) L.);
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Europe to Central Siberia and Arabian Peninsula: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia; Introduced into: Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, Bolivia, British Columbia, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, Georgia, Guatemala, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kentucky, Kermadec Is., Korea, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Réunion, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming as per POWO;
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Cirsium vulgare from Srinagar, Kashmir-GS03012022-11: 4 very high res. images.
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Tenore
The species is a weed which has naturalised in many parts of the World. Heads may be white or purple narrow sharply spiny involucre bracts, hence the name Spear thistle, leaves narrower and sharply spiny.
|Photographed from Srinagar, Kashmir, 8-9-2015.

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Thistle for ID : New Jersey : 07DEC17 : AK-01 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)
Thistle seen in New Jersey on 30th June,17.
No open flowers.

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Cirsium sp

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Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.

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I think looks different from images at Cirsium discolor (USA)

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I think C. vulgare

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Cirsium vulgare from Canada-GS03122021-GS03122021-3: 2 high res. images.
Cirsium vulgare, photographed from Rattray Marsh, Mississauga, Canada, 23-8-2019

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For me your ID is correct.

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Cirsium vulgare from Canada-GS03122021-4: 3 very high res. images.
Cirsium vulgare, photographed from Saddington Park, Mississauga, Canada, 8-8-2019

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For me your ID is correct.

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Cirsium vulgare from California-GS03012022-12: 4 very high res. images.
Cirsium vulgare with purple heads
photographed from Fremont, California, 9-8-2017.

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Cirsium vulgare from Coyote Hills, Fremont California-GS03012022-13: 3 high res. images.
Another Population from Fremont California from Coyote Hills, Fremont, California, 6-10-2017.

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Cirsium vulgare from Coyote Hills, Fremont, California-GS03012022-13: 4 high res. images.
Another Population from Fremont California from Coyote Hills, Fremont, California, 6-10-2017.

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References:
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