Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Asterales > Asteraceae > Cirsium > Cirsium palustreCirsium palustre (Marsh Thistle)Synonyms: Carduus acanthoides (heterotypic); Carduus altissimus (heterotypic); Carduus chailletii; Carduus laciniatus (heterotypic); Carduus palustris (homotypic); Cirsium chailletii; Cirsium horridum; Cirsium lacteum; Cirsium palustre f. horridum; Cirsium palustre f. palustre; Cirsium palustre palustre; Cirsium palustre transmontanum; Cirsium palustre trasmontanum; Cirsium palustre var. albiflorum; Cirsium palustre var. canescens; Cirsium palustre var. chailletii; Cirsium palustre var. seminudum; Cirsium palustre var. spinosissimum; Cirsium palustre var. torfaceum; Cirsium palustre var. torphaceum; Cirsium palustriforme; Cirsium parviflorum (heterotypic); Cirsium subalpinum (homotypic); Cirsium subalpinum palustriforme; Cnicus palustris (heterotypic); Cnicus semipectinatus (homotypic); Cynara palustris (homotypic); Onotrophe palustris (homotypic); Polyacantha palustris (homotypic); Polycantha palustris (homotypic); Serratula palustris (homotypic) Cirsium palustre, the marsh thistle or European swamp thistle, is a herbaceous biennial (or often perennial) species of the genus Cirsium. Cirsium palustre is a tall thistle which reaches up to 2 metres (7 ft) in height. The strong stems have few branches and are covered in small spines. In its first year the plant grows as a dense rosette, at first with narrow, entire leaves with spiny, dark purple edges; later, larger leaves are lobed. In the subsequent years the plant grows a tall, straight stem, the tip of which branches repeatedly, bearing a candelabra of dark purple flowers, 10–20 millimetres (0.4–0.8 in) with purple-tipped bracts. In the northern hemisphere these are produced from June to September. The flowers are occasionally white, in which case the purple edges to the leaves are |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Avon Gorge Woodlands |
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376 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Bassegi Zapovednik |
Ia |
93739 |
Perm, Russia |
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Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve |
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Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Belovezhskaya Pushcha Biosphere Reserve National Park |
II |
218515 |
Belarus |
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Berchtesgaden Alps National Park |
II |
51433 |
Germany |
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Berwyn a Mynyddoedd de Clwyd/ Berwyn and South Clwyd Mountains |
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67265 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Bialowieza National Park |
II |
11126 |
Poland |
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Breckland |
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18652 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Cairngorms |
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142543 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Cairnsmore of Fleet, Silver Flowe, and Merrick Kells Biosphere Reserve |
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8794 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands |
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354692 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Carpathian Biosphere Reserve |
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144772 |
Ukraine |
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Dornoch Firth and Morrich More |
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21499 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths |
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14161 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Ebernoe Common |
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581 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Eryri/ Snowdonia |
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48773 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Exmoor Heaths |
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26455 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fenland |
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1529 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Hill of Towanreef |
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4660 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Ingleborough Complex |
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14256 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Inverpolly |
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29349 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Isle of Rum National Nature Reserve |
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Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Krayner Teiche/Lutzketal |
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1542 |
Germany |
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Laghetto del Frassino |
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193 |
Italy |
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Lago e Padule di Massacciuccoli |
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4710 |
Italy |
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Lands End and Cape Bank |
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74557 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Laplandskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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757114 |
Russia |
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Lizard Point |
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34565 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lyme Bay and Torbay |
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77215 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Merrick Kells |
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21494 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Migneint–Arenig–Dduallt |
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49343 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Moor House – Upper Teesdale |
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95867 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Moorfoot Hills |
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21001 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Moray Firth |
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373987 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Pennine Moors |
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254789 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North York Moors |
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108930 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Okskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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190748 |
Russia |
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Palava Protected Landscape Area |
V |
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Czech Republic |
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Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol |
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341177 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Prioksko-Terrasny Biosphere Reserve |
IV |
12219 |
Moscow, Russia |
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Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve |
V |
1777 |
Spain |
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River Wye/ Afon Gwy |
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5523 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Roman Wall Loughs |
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1691 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Rum |
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26775 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Salisbury Plain |
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52975 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Simonside Hills |
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5146 |
England, United Kingdom |
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South Pennine Moors |
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160577 |
England, United Kingdom |
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South Wight Maritime |
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49082 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Taynish National Nature Reserve |
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Scotland, United Kingdom |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thorne Moor |
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4718 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Tsentral'no-Lesnoy Biosphere Reserve |
Ia |
62630 |
Russia |
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Voronezhskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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95835 |
Russia |
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Woolmer Forest |
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1647 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Zhuvintas Zapovednik |
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18223 |
Lithuania |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287. ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 5Ecology of Commanster♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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