Cirsium canescens: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz

Family Asteraceae
Cirsium canescens Nutt.
[Excluded] Platte thistle, prairie thistle
Cirsium: derived from the Greek kirsion, "a kind of thistle;" also cirsos meaning "a swollen vein" for which thistle was once a remedy
canescens: Latin for "generally hoary or whitish" from appearance of plant due to tiny white hairs

Status:	Excluded
(Glossary)

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Carduus undulatus Nutt. var. canescens (Nutt.) Porter
Cirsium nebraskense (Britton) Lunell
Cirsium nelsonii (Pammel) Petr.
Cirsium plattense (Rydb.) Cockerell ex Daniels

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