Cnicus benedictus L.
ASTERACEAE
- Aster family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Cnicus benedictus L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 826 (1753)
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Blessed thistle
English name: blessed thistle
French name: chardon bénit
Italian name: Cardo benedetto
German name: Benediktenkraut
Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
Synonyms:
= Centaurea benedicta (L.) L.
= Cirsium pugnax Sommier & Levier
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cnicus
Species:
Page counter: 1881 ( AVG: 222.02 / 291.019 )
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 560.
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Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (1885) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de
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Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la
France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in
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Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
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C. Hoffmann - Botanischer Bilder-Atlas (1884) - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, MD, MS, NC, NY, OR, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI), CAN (NB, NS, ON)
Map for Cnicus benedictus L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Cnicus breweri A. Gray var. vaseyi A. Gray [145]
2) Cnicus calcareus M.E. Jones [140]
3) Cnicus drummondii (Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray var. acaulescens Rydb. [138]
4) Cnicus parryi A. Gray [144]
5) Cnicus undulatus A. Gray var. megacephalus A. Gray [141]
6) Cnidoscolus stimulosus (Michx.) Engelm. & A. Gray [149]
7) Coccocarpia cronia (Tuck.) Vain. [127]
8) Coccoloba floridana Meissn. [149]
9) Coccoloba uvifera (L.) L. [1598]
10) Cocculus trilobus (Thunb.) DC. [203]
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