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Cirsium kamtschaticum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species:
C. kamtschaticum
Binomial name
Cirsium kamtschaticum

Ledeb.exDC.

Synonyms[1]
  • Cirsium boreale Kitam.
  • Cirsium weyrichii Maxim.
  • Cnicus kamtschaticus (Ledeb. ex DC.) Maxim.
  • Cnicus korsakoviensis (H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Lév. & Vaniot
  • Cnicus weyrichii (Maxim.) Maxim.

Cirsium kamtschaticum, the Kamchatka thistle, is an Alaskan and East Asian species of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. The species is found in eastern Russia (Kamchatka Peninsula,[2] Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands), and on certain islands of the North Pacific: the Aleutian IslandsofAlaska and Hokkaido Island in northern Japan.[3][4]

Cirsium kamtschaticum is a biennialorperennial herb up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall, with a thick underground rhizome. Leaves are up to 40 cm (16 inches) long with thin, bristly spines along the edges. There are a few flower heads, each head with pink or purple disc florets but no ray florets.[3] It grows in meadows and tundra.[3]

References[edit]

  • ^ a b c "Cirsium kamtschaticum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  • ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
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