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Mountain Thistle
Cirsium scopulorum
25 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
funky thistleCirsium funkiae
Elk ThistleCirsium scariosum
Gray ThistleCirsium griseum
Tall Mountain ThistleCirsium hesperium
Culebra thistleCirsium culebraense
Parry's ThistleCirsium parryi
Alpine ThistleCarduus defloratus
Eaton's thistleCirsium eatonii
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Colorado | 1,155 |
|---|---|
| United States | 559 |
| Utah | 15 |
| Idaho | 4 |
| New Mexico | 3 |
| Wyoming | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Biennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a biennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- 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 | Plume Thistles · Cirsium |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Mountain Thistle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.