| Accepted name: |
Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Carduus arvensis Robs.
-Cirsium lanatum Spreng.
-Cnicus arvensis Pursh
-Serratula arvensis L.
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| English names: |
Creeping Thistle
Canada Thistle
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HCIRAR
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Cyanogenetic (capable of producing cyanide)(2) 3) American Indians poulticed fresh leaves on BURNS, OLD SORES, BRUISED, INFECTION, RABID-DOG BITES; drank tea of plant for HEART MEDICINE, DIABETES; root used to AID LABOR in childbirth. Root contains ANTI-INFLAMMATORY and ESTROGENIC DIOSGENIN, from w |
| Key Characters: |
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