Cirsium durangense

Cirsium durangense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cynareae
Genus: Cirsium
Species: C. durangense
Binomial name
Cirsium durangense
(Greenm.) G.B.Ownbey
Synonyms[1]
  • Cirsium ochrocentrum var. durangense Greenm.

Cirsium durangense, called Durango thistle , is Mexican species of plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family. The species is native to the State of Durango in northwestern Mexico.[2][3]

Cirsium durangense is has pinnately lobed leaves with spines on the tips of the lobes. The leaves have a woolly covering when they are young but this disappears as the leaves mature.[2]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Cirsium durangense (Greenm.) G.B.Ownbey
  2. 1 2 Greenman, Jesse More 1904. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 40: 51 as Cirsium ochrocentrum var. durangense
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Cirsium durangense (Greenm.) G.B. Ownbey
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