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Carduus crispus L.
curly plumeless thistle
Symbol: CACR2
Group: Dicot
Family: Asteraceae
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Biennial
U.S. Nativity: Introduced
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Click on this Line drawing of Carduus crispus (curly plumeless thistle) to enlarge it and download a high-resolution TIFF file Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 555. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Guidelines.

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State Distributional Map for CACR2
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Plant Distribution by State

Carduus crispus L.

CACR2

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Related Taxa:
Carduus crispus L.

View 440 genera in Asteraceae, 6 species in Carduus

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Classification:
Carduus crispus L.

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    Kingdom Plantae – Plants
       Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
          Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
             Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
                Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
                   Subclass Asteridae –
                      Order Asterales –
                         Family Asteraceae – Aster family
                            Genus Carduus L. – plumeless thistle
                               Species Carduus crispus L. – curly plumeless thistle

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Noxious Weed Information:
Carduus crispus L.
This plant and the related entities italicized and indented below are listed by the U. S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location.
Arkansas:
    Carduus L.
        thistle     Noxious weed
Iowa:
    Carduus L.
        thistle     Primary noxious weed
West Virginia:
        curled thistle     Noxious weed

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Invasive Information:
Carduus crispus L.
        curled thistle
        welted thistle
    Carduus L.
        thistle
This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above are considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.
STATE   Assorted authors. 200_. State Noxious Weed Lists for 45 States. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

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Introduced Information:
Carduus crispus L.
This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

List of Invasive PlantsScientific Name = A| B| C| D| E| F| G| H| I| J| K| L| M| N| O| P| Q| R| S| T| U| V| W| X| Y| Z| all
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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Carduus crispus L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 35786.

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Related Web Sites:
Carduus crispus L.

    Swedish Virtual Flora: images & text (in Swedish)
    Texas A&M;: Vascular Plant Image Gallery

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