Onopordum acanthium

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 2: 827. 1753.

Common names: Scotch thistle Onoporde acanthe
WeedyIntroduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 88.

Distribution

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B.C., N.B., N.S., Ont., Que., Ala., Ariz., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., Fla., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Mass., Md., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., Nebr., Nev., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., Tex., Utah, Va., Vt., W.Va., Wash., Wis., Wyo., Eurasia

Discussion

Subspecies 3 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

"fine" is not a number.

... more about "Onopordum acanthium"
acute-tailed +
rounded;acute +
scarious +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
David J. Keil +
Linnaeus +
decurrent +
Asteraceae tribe Cynareae +
compound +  and simple +
10-nerved or 20-nerved +  and rugose +
Plumose (?) +, Barbed (?) +  and Many (?) +
Scotch thistle +  and Onoporde acanthe +
zygmorphic +  and actinomorphic +
purple +  and white +
4-5-angled +  and cylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
B.C. +, N.B. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, Mass. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Va. +, Vt. +, W.Va. +, Wash. +, Wis. +, Wyo. +  and Eurasia +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
in corymbiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
hemispheric;ovoid or spheric +
sessile +  and winged-petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
deltate +, usually narrowly triangular +  and more or less linear +
divided +  and lobed +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
reflexed +  and spreading +
outer +  and middle +
fringed +
papillate +  and smooth +
distinct +  and fused +
papillate +
cylindric +
flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
Weedy +  and Introduced +
spiny-winged +  and branched +
appendaged +  and truncate +
dilated +  and swollen +
enlarged +
Compositae +
Onopordum acanthium +
Onopordum +
species +
goblet--shaped +  and cylindric +
slender +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br />) +
tree +, vine +, shrub +  and subshrub +