Asteraceae — Daisy Family

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Cirsium parryi (A.Gray) Petr.

Cirsium parryi (A.Gray) Petr.

Cirsium parryi (A.Gray) Petr.

Parry's thistle (Cirsium parryi) is a native North American thistle found in the southwestern United States.

Cirsium vinaceum (Wooton & Standl.) Wooton & Standl.

Cirsium vinaceum (Wooton & Standl.) Wooton & Standl.

Cirsium vinaceum (Wooton & Standl.) Wooton & Standl.

Cirsium vinaceum is a large purple perennial thistle native to saturated high-elevation canyon streams in New Mexico, US.

Cirsium wheeleri (A.Gray) Petr.

Cirsium wheeleri (A.Gray) Petr.

Cirsium wheeleri (A.Gray) Petr.

Wheeler's thistle (Cirsium wheeleri) is a North American perennial thistle native to northern Mexico and the southwestern US.

Cirsium brachycephalum Jur.

Cirsium brachycephalum Jur.

Cirsium brachycephalum Jur.

Cirsium brachycephalum is a flowering plant species in the Asteraceae family native to parts of Europe.

Cirsium mexicanum DC.

Cirsium mexicanum DC.

Cirsium mexicanum DC.

Mexican thistle (Cirsium mexicanum DC.) is an Asteraceae plant species widespread across Mesoamerica and the Caribbean.

Cirsium tuberosum (L.) All.

Cirsium tuberosum (L.) All.

Cirsium tuberosum (L.) All.

Cirsium tuberosum is a flowering Asteraceae plant species native to Europe.

Cirsium waldsteinii Rouy

Cirsium waldsteinii Rouy

Cirsium waldsteinii Rouy

Cirsium waldsteinii is a perennial gynodioecious thistle native to the East and South Carpathians.

Cirsium funkiae Ackerf.

Cirsium funkiae Ackerf.

Cirsium funkiae Ackerf.

Cirsium funkiae, the funky thistle, is an alpine thistle native to the US Southern Rocky Mountains that supports local pollinators and pikas.

Cirsium griseum (Rydb.) K.Schum.

Cirsium griseum (Rydb.) K.Schum.

Cirsium griseum (Rydb.) K.Schum.

Cirsium clavatum (Fish Lake or fringed thistle) is a spiny North American thistle native to the western United States.

Cirsium peckii L.F.Hend.

Cirsium peckii L.F.Hend.

Cirsium peckii L.F.Hend.

Cirsium peckii, the Steens Mountain thistle, is a spiny perennial thistle native to the Great Basin, US, growing on southern Oregon’s Steens Mountain.

Cirsium eatonii var. clokeyi (S.F.Blake) D.J.Keil

Cirsium eatonii var. clokeyi (S.F.Blake) D.J.Keil

Cirsium eatonii var. clokeyi (S.F.Blake) D.J.Keil

Cirsium eatonii var. clokeyi is a rare rare uncommon thistle variety native to Nevada, a variety of the variable high elevation species Cirsium eatonii.

Carduus personata (L.) Jacq.

Carduus personata (L.) Jacq.

Carduus personata (L.) Jacq.

Carduus personata is a thorny flowering thistle species native to mountain regions of Central Europe.

Carduus argentatus L.

Carduus argentatus L.

Carduus argentatus L.

Carduus argentatus L. is a spiny thistle with pink-lavender spring blooms and characteristic white leaf spots.

Cynara algarbiensis Coss. ex Mariz

Cynara algarbiensis Coss. ex Mariz

Cynara algarbiensis Coss. ex Mariz

Cynara algarbiensis is an endemic flowering plant of the artichoke genus found on the Iberian Peninsula.

Arctium nemorosum Lej.

Arctium nemorosum Lej.

Arctium nemorosum Lej.

Wood burdock (Arctium nemorosum) is an Asteraceae flowering plant native from Europe to the Caucasus, first described in 1833.

Onopordum tauricum Willd.

Onopordum tauricum Willd.

Onopordum tauricum Willd.

Onopordum tauricum, a Eurasian thistle, is an introduced noxious weed, a biennial spiny herb with pink-purple flower heads.

Notobasis syriaca (L.) Cass.

Notobasis syriaca (L.) Cass.

Notobasis syriaca (L.) Cass.

Notobasis syriaca, the Syrian thistle, is an annual spiny flowering thistle native to the Mediterranean and Middle East.

Tyrimnus leucographus (L.) Cass.

Tyrimnus leucographus (L.) Cass.

Tyrimnus leucographus (L.) Cass.

Tyrimnus leucographus is the only known species of the Mediterranean genus Tyrimnus in the Asteraceae family.

Chardinia orientalis (L.) Kuntze

Chardinia orientalis (L.) Kuntze

Chardinia orientalis (L.) Kuntze

Chardinia is a monotypic flowering plant genus in Asteraceae, with its only known species Chardinia orientalis native to Europe and Western and Central Asia.

Ancathia igniaria (Spreng.) DC.

Ancathia igniaria (Spreng.) DC.

Ancathia igniaria (Spreng.) DC.

Ancathia is an Asteraceae flowering plant genus with one known species, Ancathia igniaria, native to parts of Central and Western Asia.

Carlina curetum Heldr. ex Halácsy

Carlina curetum Heldr. ex Halácsy

Carlina curetum Heldr. ex Halácsy

Carlina curetum Heldr. ex Halácsy is a carline thistle species native to the eastern Mediterranean.

Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC.

Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC.

Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC.

Atractylodes lancea is an Asteraceae flowering plant native to East Asia, the source of the Chinese herbal medicine cāng zhú.

Centaurea depressa M.Bieb.

Centaurea depressa M.Bieb.

Centaurea depressa M.Bieb.

Centaurea depressa M.Bieb. is an annual herb with multiple branched stems and dark blue florets.

Centaurea cyanoides Berggr. & Wahlenb.

Centaurea cyanoides Berggr. & Wahlenb.

Centaurea cyanoides Berggr. & Wahlenb.

Centaurea cyanoides (Syrian cornflower) is a small Middle Eastern Centaurea species similar to but smaller than European cornflower.

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