Broad-winged Thistle (Invasive Exotic Plants of North Carolina)

Broad-winged Thistle

Carduus acanthoides

Summary ⁶

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....

Invasive species ⁷

Carduus acanthoides is well known in many other parts of the world, including parts of North and South America, New Zealand, and Australia, as a noxious weed. It is an invasive species in many regions of Canada and the United States, including California and West Virginia.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has an active program to control known populations.

Sources and Credits

(c) Superior National Forest, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/53801642@N06/5097841962
Jan Ševčík, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/105646.jpg
(c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/plant_diversity/19744912308/
(c) Thistle-Garden, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/63026284@N05/14435624447/
(c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/PhotosMedium/JCS%20Carduus%20acanthoides%2026880.jpg
Adapted by Kate Wagner from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carduus_acanthoides
(c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carduus_acanthoides

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