About Cirsium peckii L.F.Hend.
Cirsium peckii L.F.Hend., commonly known as the Steens Mountain thistle, is a very spiny, prickly perennial plant belonging to the family Asteraceae. This species grows in the Great Basin region of the western United States. It occurs at elevations ranging from 6,500 to 9,700 feet, which equals 2,000 to 3,000 meters. Its habitat includes dry slopes and rocky sites within sagebrush steppe communities of the Great Basin, extending into southern Oregon where populations are found on Steens Mountain.
