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Spear thistle

Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.

Genus Cirsium. Family Asteraceae.

Spear thistle — Photographs 1
Spear thistle. Top of a flowering plant. 10.08.2009.
Photo: Анны Цветковой

Description

Cirsium vulgare, commonly known as spear thistle, bull thistle, or common thistle, is a species of the Asteraceae genus Cirsium, native throughout most of Europe (north to 66°N, locally 68°N), Western Asia (east to the Yenisei Valley), and northwestern Africa (Atlas Mountains).
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Photographs

Spear thistle — Photographs 2
Spear thistle. 22.08.2010.
Photo: Геннадия Окатова
Spear thistle — Photographs 3
Spear thistle. 04.08.2011.
Photo: Сергея Глотова
Spear thistle — Photographs 4
Spear thistle. 04.08.2011.
Photo: Сергея Глотова
Spear thistle — Photographs 5
Spear thistle. 05.07.2011.
Photo: Сергея Глотова
Spear thistle — Photographs 6
Spear thistle. Top of a flowering plant. 01.08.2007.
Photo: Сергея Глотова
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Spear thistle. Botanical illustration.
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