Cirsium altissimum

ClassificationFlowering Plants
FamilyAsteraceae
Family (Traditional)Asteraceae
GenusCirsium
SpeciesCirsium altissimum (L.) Spreng.
Common NameTall thistle
Growth HabitForb
DurationPerennial
Plant Notes**
C value 4
StatusNative, UPL (NWPL)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Subspecies and Varieties

Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Carduus altissimus Carduus altissimus Gilib.  
Cirsium altissimum var. biltmoreanum Cirsium altissimum var. biltmoreanum Petr.  
Cirsium iowense Cirsium iowense  
Cnicus altissimus Cnicus altissimus (L.) Willd.  
Cnicus iowensis Cnicus iowensis  

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on an accession number to view full details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Cass, Clinton, Franklin, Howard, Madison, Marion, Miami, Parke, Porter, Tippecanoe, Warren

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: BUT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1925 - 2006

Accession No. (click for full details) County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
58587 Cass 13 Aug 1938 Charles M. Ek
BUT
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill
64378 Miami 23 Aug 1942 Charles M. Ek
BUT
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill
57393 Clinton 27 Aug 1941 Charles M. Ek
BUT
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill
60225 Tippecanoe 16 Sep 1941 Charles M. Ek
BUT
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill
45758 Howard 13 Aug 1935 Chas. W. Ek
BUT
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill
150311 Warren 16 Aug 1991 Gayle Tonkovich
242
BUT
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill
92445 Parke 18 Aug 1950 Jack McCormick
793
BUT
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill
94623 Porter 28 Aug 1925 Marcus W. Lyon, Jr.
BUT
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill
103825 Madison 04 Sep 1992 P. E. Rothrock
2673
BUT
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill
154893 Marion 21 Sep 2006 P.A Scott
2466
BUT
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Spreng.
151206 Parke 15 Sep 2004 R. K. Scott
586
BUT
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill
82153 Franklin 20 Sep 1947 Ray C. Friesner
21908
BUT
Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill
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