Cirsium neomexicanum Calflora

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Taxon Report

Cirsium neomexicanum A. Gray

Desert thistle, New mexico thistle

2023 Dana York

Geoff Burleigh

2019 Lynn Sweet

Geoff Burleigh

Cirsium neomexicanum is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~221 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Cirsium
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Carduus inamoenus
PLANTS	Cirsium arcuum
PLANTS	Cirsium neomexicanum var. neomexicanum
PLANTS	Cirsium neomexicanum var. utahense
JEF + PLANTS	Cirsium utahense
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Information about Cirsium neomexicanum from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (CINE) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/18/2025).