Species profile—Cirsium vulgare (spear thistle)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Asteraceae (sunflower) → Cirsium vulgare (spear thistle)

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Species details

Kingdom

Plantae (plants)

Class

Equisetopsida (land plants)

Family

Asteraceae (sunflower)

Scientific name

Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.

Common name

spear thistle

WildNet taxon ID

14001

Alternate name(s)

scotch thistle
swamp thistle
green thistle
bull thistle
Fuller's thistle
black thistle
boar thistle

Conservation significant

No

Confidential

No

Endemicity

Introduced

Pest status

Environmental Weed

Other resources

• The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)
• Atlas of Living Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=14001.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.