Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cirsium repandum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Sandhill Thistle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cirsium repandum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Cirsium repandum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-25-010:
Carduus repandus FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cirsium repandum
COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Thistle
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JK Marlow jkm080713_084
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm080713_088
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
Nutlets smooth; pappus whitish, 2-3 cm long, plumose [feathery], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm080713_091
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm080713_128
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
Leaves are spreading, narrow, thorny, sessile, and crowded along the stem, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm080713_129
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
"Repandum" means "with slightly wavy margin" referring to leaf margins, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Tim Spira tps_crepandum
Month Unknown
Heads 1-5, rarely more, corymbose. Involucres 2.5-3.3cm long, arachnose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Thistles
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cirsium repandum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cirsium repandum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Cirsium repandum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-25-010:
Carduus repandus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cirsium repandum
2554
Forb
Biennial/Possibly perennial
Habitat: Sandhills, other dry sandy habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins spiny
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Disc: Purplish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p043
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p273
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p324
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p394
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p161
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p207
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p074
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