Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cirsium repandum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cirsium repandum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-25-010:
Carduus repandus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Thistles
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cirsium repandum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cirsium repandum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-25-010:
Carduus repandus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
2554
Forb
Biennial/Possibly perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Sandhills, other dry sandy habitats, per Weakley's Flora
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins spiny
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Disc: Purplish
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p043
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p273
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p394
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p161
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p207
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p074