Cirsium helenioides
Cirsium helenioides | |
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in Finland | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
Tribe: | Cynareae |
Genus: | Cirsium |
Species: | C. helenioides |
Binomial name | |
Cirsium helenioides (L.) Hill | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Cirsium helenioides, called melancholy thistle,[2] is an Asian and Arctic species of plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family. The species is native to Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan.[3][4][5]
Cirsium helenioides is a biennial herb up to 120 cm (48 inches) tall, usually not branched, blooming only once before dying. Leaves are green on top, woolly underneath, with thin spines along the edges. There is one flower head per plant, with purple (occasionally white) disc florets but no ray florets.[5][6][7][8]
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Cirsium helenioides (L.) Hill
- ↑ "Cirsium helenioides". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Tropicos, Cirsium grahamii A. Gray
- 1 2 Melancholy thistle , Flora of North America, Cirsium helenioides (L.) Hill
- ↑ Naturgate, Melancholy Thistle Cirsium helenioides
- ↑ Flora of China, 堆心蓟 dui xin ji, Cirsium helenioides (Linnaeus) Hill
- ↑ Plantarium, Плантариум, Cirsium helenioides (L.) Hill Описание таксона, in Russian with photos
External links
- Gesamtverzeichnis des Herbariums besteht aus drei Spezialverzeichnissen: Cirsium helenioides, Verschiedenblättrige Kratzdistel photo
- Flowers in Sweden, Cirsium helenioides, SE: Brudborste, DE: Verschiedenblättrige Kratzdistel, NL: Ongelijkbladige distel, UK: Melancholy Thistle in Swedish with photos
- Slowlife, Photo Gallery / Flowers: Swedish Lapland, Cirsium helenioides Melancholy thistle Zweifarbige Kratzdistel Borsttistel, Brudborste
- Jyväskylän yliopiston avoin yliopisto, Veikko Salonen & Petri Heinonen, Huopaohdake (Cirsium helenioides) in Finnis with photos
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