UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Cirsium inamoenum

Cirsium remotifolium

Greene's thistle

few-leaf thistle, Pacific fringed thistle, remote-leaved thistle, weak thistle

Cirsium inamoenum

Cirsium remotifolium
Flowering time June-August June-September
Habitat Grassland, sagebrush desert, and dry rocky slopes from low to middle elevations. Meadows, stream banks, open for, brushy slopes, from low to middle elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in southeastern Washington; southeastern Washington to California, east to Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah.
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Occurring west of the Cascades crest and east in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; Washington to California.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) Sensitive in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
C. arvense, C. brevifolium, C. brevistylum, C. edule, C. flodmanii, C. hookerianum, C. remotifolium, C. scariosum, C. undulatum, C. vulgare
C. arvense, C. brevifolium, C. brevistylum, C. edule, C. flodmanii, C. hookerianum, C. inamoenum, C. scariosum, C. undulatum, C. vulgare
Subordinate taxa
C. inamoenum var. inamoenum
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