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Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. |
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Cirsium vulgare, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is not native to California; it was introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in the wild [Lum/Walker]. 
The California Invasive Plant Council
(Cal-IPC)
lists plants that cause serious problems in native ecosystems.
In the 2006 list,
Cal-IPC classifies the statewide impact of
Cirsium vulgare as moderate
(plant profile).
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| Common names: |
bull thistle, bullthistle
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Communities: |
weed, species characteristic of disturbed places, wetland-riparian |
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Habitat: |
disturbed [Walker] |
| Wetlands: | equally likely to occur in wetlands or non wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.] |
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Elevation:
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between 0 and 7546 feet |
Family: Asteraceae |
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Name Status:
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Synonyms:
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Carduus lanceolatus
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Carduus vulgaris
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Cirsium lanceolatum var. hypoleucum
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| PLANTS: |
Cirsium lanceolatum
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| Related names: | See a list of other species in the genus Cirsium found in California.
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