OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Cirsium lecontei   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cirsium lecontei   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Cirsium lecontei

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-25-002:

Carduus lecontei   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cirsium lecontei

 

COMMON NAME:
 LeConte's Thistle

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Cirsium lecontei   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cirsium lecontei   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
 Cirsium lecontei

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-25-002:
 Carduus lecontei   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Cirsium lecontei

 

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2967

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare (historically in GA, but not recently seen)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins spiny

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
Disc: Purplish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Achene

 

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