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gray +  and white +
villous +, glabrate +  and arachnoid-tomentose +
gray-tomentose +, less commonly +  and glabrous +
short-tailed +
spineless +  and twisted +
dentate +, entire +  and spine-tipped +
erect +  and spreading +
innermost +
rounded;acute +
scarious +
spreading +  and stiffly ascending +
linear-lanceolate +  and acicular +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
flat-topped +
David J. Keil +
(Dorn) D. J. Keil +
winged-petiolate +
decurrent +
not thickened +
Cirsium aridum +
compound +  and simple +
spiny-dentate to regularly pinnatifid +  and spinulose +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
unlobed;linear;oblong oblanceolate or elliptic +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
10-nerved or 20-nerved +  and rugose +
tawny +  and white +
deep-seated +
Cedar Rim thistle +
actinomorphic +
pink +  and purple +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
tan +  and dark-brown +
compressed +  and ovoid +
fertile +  and bisexual +
2000–2200 m +
gray-canescent +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Barren slopes in shallow, stony soil in very open, arid grasslands +
in 2-3-headed clusters in more or less congested flat-topped or racemiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (2.7 cm27 mm <br />0.027 m <br />) +
glabrate +  and arachnoid-tomentose +
ovoid;campanulate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
white-tomentose +
cauline +  and basal +
bristle-tipped +
ascending-spreading;retrorse +
linear +  and triangular-ovate +
slender +
lobed +, few +  and dentate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
usually lobed +  and dissected +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
Flowering summer (Jun–Aug). +
middle +  and outer +
weakly to strongly +
papillate +  and smooth +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex +
glutinous +
tawny;white +
setiform +  and plumose +
exalbuminous +
subequal +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
ascending +  and spreading +
flattened +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
spiny-winged +, simple +  and branched +
ascending +  and erect +
glabrate +  and arachnoid-tomentose +
1 +  and few +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
appendaged +  and truncate +
dilated +  and swollen +
enlarged +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
Compositae +
deep-seated +
Cirsium pulcherrimum var. aridum +
Cirsium pulcherrimum +
variety +
cylindric +
expanded +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
bristly-dentate to coarsely +
slender +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br />) +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
tree +, vine +, shrub +  and subshrub +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +