Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop., 1771

Common names

🇬🇧 Creeping Thistle
🇫🇷 Cirse des champs, Chardon des champs, Calcide

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Campanulids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Carduinae
Genus: Cirsium
Species: Cirsium arvense

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

C. arvense var. alpestre Nägeli, 1840;
C. arvense var. arvense (L.) Scop., 1771, P;
C. arvense var. integrifolium Wimm. & Grab., 1829;
C. arvense var. vestitum Krock. ex Wimm. & Grab., 1829.

Hybridizes with C. palustre (L.) Scop., 1771 to produce C. × celakovskianum Knaf, 1872, P;

Photographs

img/cirsium-arvense.webp — Cirsium arvense

img/cirsium-arvense-2.webp — Cirsium arvense

img/cirsium-arvense-3.webp — Cirsium arvense

img/cirsium-arvense-4.webp — Cirsium arvense - Flower buds

img/cirsium-arvense-5.webp — Cirsium arvense - Cauline leaf

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 418). Biotope.