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Alpine Thistle
Carduus defloratus
24 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
musk thistleCarduus nutans
Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum
Broad-winged ThistleCarduus acanthoides
Stemless ThistleCirsium acaulon
Queen Anne's thistleCirsium canum
Brook ThistleCirsium rivulare
Mountain ThistleCirsium scopulorum
Silver ThistleCarlina acaulis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Austria | 939 |
|---|---|
| Italy | 488 |
| Tirol | 313 |
| Switzerland | 301 |
| Nord-Est | 254 |
| Nord-Ovest | 221 |
| Germany | 212 |
| Bayern | 192 |
| Steiermark | 186 |
| France | 111 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales |
| Family | Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae |
| Genus | plumeless thistles · Carduus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Alpine Thistle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.