Cirsium helenioides
In Finland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species:
C. helenioides
Binomial name
Cirsium helenioides
(L.) Hill
Synonyms[1]
  • Carduus helenioides L.
  • Cirsium heterophylloides Pavlov
  • Cirsium inuloides Rchb.
  • Cnicus helenioides (L.) Retz.
  • Cnicus helenioides (L.) Willd.

Cirsium helenioides, the melancholy thistle,[2] is an Asian and Arctic species of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. The species is native to Greenland[3] (but considered extinct from Greenland since 1960[4]), Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan.[5][6][7]

Cirsium helenioides is a perennial plant herb up to 120 cm (48 inches) tall, usually not branched, blooming only once before dying. Leaves are green on top, woolly underneath, with thin spines along the edges. There is one flower head per plant, with purple (occasionally white) disc florets but no ray florets.[7][8][9][10]

References

  1. The Plant List, Cirsium helenioides (L.) Hill
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Cirsium helenioides". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. Grønlands flora. Tyge Wittrock Böcher (3. reviderede udgave ed.). København: P. Haase & Sons. 1978. ISBN 87-559-0385-1. OCLC 183098604.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. Pedersen, Anfred (1972). "Adventitious Plants and Cultivated plants in Greenland". Monographs on Greenland. 178 (7): 105.
  5. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. Tropicos, Cirsium grahamii A. Gray
  7. 1 2 Melancholy thistle , Flora of North America, Cirsium helenioides (L.) Hill
  8. Naturgate, Melancholy Thistle Cirsium helenioides
  9. Flora of China, 堆心蓟 dui xin ji, Cirsium helenioides (Linnaeus) Hill
  10. Plantarium, Плантариум, Cirsium helenioides (L.) Hill Описание таксона Archived 2015-04-10 at the Wayback Machine, in Russian with photos


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