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Carduus acanthoides (spiny plumeless thistle)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Carduus acanthoides, known as the spiny plumeless thistle, welted thistle, and plumeless thistle, is a biennial plant species of thistle in the Asteraceae—sunflower family. The plant is native to Europe and Asia.
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Infraspecies

Carduus acanthoides acanthoides
Carduus acanthoides f. mulliganii
Carduus acanthoides f. ochranthus
Carduus acanthoides sintenisii

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Biennial
Structure [3]  Herb
Light Preference [2]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Rich
Soil Moisture [2]  Mostly Dry

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External References

USDA Plant Profile

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Citations

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♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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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