Cirsium kamtschaticum

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Cirsium kamtschaticum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species:
C. kamtschaticum
Binomial name
Cirsium kamtschaticum
Ledeb. ex DC.
Synonyms [1]
  • Cirsium borealeKitam.
  • Cirsium weyrichiiMaxim.
  • Cnicus kamtschaticus(Ledeb. ex DC.) Maxim.
  • Cnicus korsakoviensis(H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Lév. & Vaniot
  • Cnicus weyrichii(Maxim.) Maxim.

Cirsium kamtschaticum, the Kamchatka thistle, is an Alaskan and East Asian species of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. The species is found in eastern Russia (Kamchatka Peninsula, [2] Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands), and on certain islands of the North Pacific: the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and Hokkaido Island in northern Japan. [3] [4]

Cirsium kamtschaticum is a biennial or perennial herb up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall, with a thick underground rhizome. Leaves are up to 40 cm (16 inches) long with thin, bristly spines along the edges. There are a few flower heads, each head with pink or purple disc florets but no ray florets. [3] It grows in meadows and tundra. [3]

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References

  1. The Plant List, Cirsium kamtschaticum Ledeb. ex DC.
  2. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de 1838. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 644 in Latin
  3. 1 2 3 "Cirsium kamtschaticum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map