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Read more about Carolina Thistle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cirsium carolinianum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Cirsium carolinianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-25-008:

Carduus carolinianus   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cirsium flaccidum

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cirsium virginianum

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Thistle, Spring Thistle, Soft Thistle, Prairie Thistle

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_carolinianum_1

August        

Involucres 0.6-0.8" high, bracts appressed, only outer with short spines, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 COMPARE involucral bracts of Thistles

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_carolinianum_61

September        

Corollas pink-purple (white), throats noticeably wider than tubes, per Flora of North America.

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cirsium carolinianum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-25-008:
Carduus carolinianus   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cirsium flaccidum

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cirsium virginianum