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Cirsium eatonii (Eaton's thistle)

Synonyms: Carduus leiocarpus; Cirsium eatonii var. harrisonii; Cirsium eriocephalum var. leiocephalum; Cirsium harrisonii; Cnicus eatonii

Wikipedia Abstract

Cirsium eatonii, commonly known as Eaton's thistle or mountaintop thistle, is a North American species of flowering plants in the aster family. The species has been found in Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah and Colorado.
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Infraspecies

Cirsium eatonii var. clokeyi (whitespine thistle) (Attributes)
Cirsium eatonii var. eatonii
Cirsium eatonii var. eriocephalum (Woolly thistle) (Attributes)
Cirsium eatonii var. hesperium
Cirsium eatonii var. murdockii
Cirsium eatonii var. peckii (Steen Mountain thistle)
Cirsium eatonii var. viperinum

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Biennial/Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fraser Biosphere Reserve 23050 Colorado, United States  
Rocky Mountain Biosphere Reserve II 239938 Colorado, United States
Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve II 2196863 Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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