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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
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__
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