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Cirsium undulatum
Cirsium undulatum (Nutt.) Spreng.
Wavyleaf Thistle, Plumed Thistle
Asteraceae (Aster Family)
Synonym(s):
USDA Symbol: ciun
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
Wavyleaf Thistle is a member of the aster family (family Asteraceae) which includes herbs, sometimes shrubs or vines, rarely trees, with simple or compound, alternate or opposite leaves. Flowers small, but organized into larger heads resembling a single, radially symmetrical flower cupped by a ring of green bracts. Flower-like heads: tiny, radially symmetrical central flowers form the disk; larger flowers around the edge, the rays, strap-shaped and resembling petals; however, all flowers in one had may be disk flowers or rays.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: PinkBloom Time: May , Jun
Distribution
USA: AZ , CA , CO , IA , ID , IL , IN , KS , MI , MN , MO , MT , ND , NE , NM , NV , OK , OR , PA , SD , TX , UT , WA , WI , WYCanada: AB , BC , MB , SK
Value to Beneficial Insects
Special Value to Native BeesSpecial Value to Bumble Bees
Provides Nesting Materials/Structure for Native Bees
This information was provided by the Pollinator Program at The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.
National Wetland Indicator Status
Region: | AGCP | AK | AW | CB | EMP | GP | HI | MW | NCNE | WMVE |
Status: | FACU | FACU | FAC | FACU | FACU | FACU | FACU |
Bibliography
Bibref 610 - Edible wild plants of the prairie : an ethnobotanical guide (1987) Kindscher, K.Bibref 1294 - The Midwestern Native Garden: Native Alternatives to Nonnative Flowers and Plants An Illustrated Guide (2011) Adelman, Charlotte and Schwartz, Bernard L.
Bibref 286 - Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country (1989) Enquist, M.
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Additional resources
USDA: Find Cirsium undulatum in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Cirsium undulatum in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Cirsium undulatum
Metadata
Record Modified: 2015-02-10Research By: TWC Staff