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Cirsium parryi (Gila thistle)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Cirsium parryi, Parry's thistle, is a species of North American flowering plants in the aster family. It is native to the southwestern United States, where it has been found in Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. This plant grows in moist areas in coniferous forests and meadows and near streams. This species may form hybrids with C. grahamii in Arizona and C. canescens in Colorado.
View Wikipedia Record: Cirsium parryi

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Bees, Flies, Lepidoptera, Beetles, Bats
Structure [2]  Herb
Usage [1]  The seed of all species of thistles yields a good oil by expression; No details of potential yields etc are given;
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Rocky Mountain Biosphere Reserve II 239938 Colorado, United States

External References

USDA Plant Profile

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Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
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