About Cirsium repandum Michx.
Cirsium repandum Michx. is a North American plant species belonging to the tribe Cardueae in the Asteraceae family. Its common names are sand-hill thistle and coastal-plain thistle. This species is native to the southeastern United States, specifically found on the coastal plain of Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Cirsium repandum is a biennial or perennial herb that grows up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall. Its leaves have small, narrow spines along their edges. Flower heads are borne either singly or in small groups; each head contains only light purple disc florets, with no ray florets. It grows in sandy soils in locations like sand hills or pine barrens.
