Cirsium vulgare (Bull thistle)

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Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.

Bull thistle

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Carduus lanceolatus L.
Carduus vulgaris Savi
Cirsium lanceolatum (L.) Scop.， non Hill
Cirsium lanceolatum (L.) Scop. var. hypoleucum DC.

7/21/2013 · Gibbet Hill, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 15 cm)

7/31/2016 · Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

9/9/2014 · Bemis Road, Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 5″ (16 × 12 cm)

8/12/2017 · Bates Land and Blackman Land, Groton Conservation Trust, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 6″ (12 × 15 cm)

9/9/2014 · Bemis Road, Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 5″ (14 × 12 cm)

7/21/2013 · Gibbet Hill, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (16 × 11 cm)

8/2/2008 · Flying Mountain, Bar Harbor, Maine · ≈ 6 × 6″ (15 × 15 cm) ID is uncertain

7/31/2016 · Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

5/7/2016 · Long Cove Cottages, Tenant’s Harbor, Maine ID is uncertain

8/28/2016 · Groton Hills Conservation Area a, Groton, Massachusetts

8/28/2014 · Eagle Nest Lake, Eagle Nest, New Mexico · ≈ 11 × 7″ (28 × 18 cm)

8/12/2017 · Bates Land and Blackman Land, Groton Conservation Trust, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 3½ × 4″ (8.7 × 9.9 cm)

7/19/2017 · Monongahela National Forest, Monongahela, West Virginia · ≈ 5 × 8″ (13 × 20 cm) ID is uncertain

8/12/2017 · Bates Land and Blackman Land, Groton Conservation Trust, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (14 × 11 cm)

8/28/2014 · Eagle Nest Lake, Eagle Nest, New Mexico · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm)

7/19/2017 · Monongahela National Forest, Monongahela, West Virginia · ≈ 4½ × 7″ (12 × 18 cm) ID is uncertain

7/19/2017 · Monongahela National Forest, Monongahela, West Virginia · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm) ID is uncertain

7/27/2016 · State Arboretum of Virginia, Boyce, Virginia ID is uncertain

7/21/2013 · Gibbet Hill, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 4″ (13 × 10 cm)

7/27/2016 · Michaux State Forest, Caledonia State Park, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 11 cm)

7/28/2009 · Near Nashua River Boat Ramp, Groton, Massachusetts ID is uncertain

9/3/2009 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts · ≈ 4 × 5″ (10 × 12 cm)

8/20/2025 · Peaks Island, Maine · ≈ 6 × 8″ (15 × 20 cm)

9/9/2014 · Bemis Road, Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 5″ (14 × 13 cm)

7/27/2016 · Michaux State Forest, Caledonia State Park, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania · ≈ 9 × 14″ (23 × 35 cm)

8/12/2017 · Bates Land and Blackman Land, Groton Conservation Trust, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 3½ × 5″ (8.7 × 13 cm)

8/26/2007 · Rocky Creek?, Oregon · By Susan M. Kent

7/19/2017 · Monongahela National Forest, Monongahela, West Virginia · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm) ID is uncertain

7/31/2016 · Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

8/26/2007 · Rocky Creek?, Oregon · By Susan M. Kent

8/28/2014 · Eagle Nest Lake, Eagle Nest, New Mexico · ≈ 7 × 11″ (18 × 28 cm)

7/27/2016 · Michaux State Forest, Caledonia State Park, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania · ≈ 4½ × 3½″ (12 × 9.8 cm)

8/12/2017 · Bates Land and Blackman Land, Groton Conservation Trust, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 4 × 6″ (10 × 14 cm)

7/31/2016 · Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

9/3/2009 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 7″ (13 × 17 cm)

7/21/2013 · Gibbet Hill, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 13 cm)

7/27/2016 · State Arboretum of Virginia, Boyce, Virginia ID is uncertain

7/27/2016 · Michaux State Forest, Caledonia State Park, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania · ≈ 4 × 3″ (10 × 8.2 cm)

7/19/2017 · Monongahela National Forest, Monongahela, West Virginia · ≈ 5 × 8″ (13 × 20 cm) ID is uncertain

7/27/2016 · State Arboretum of Virginia, Boyce, Virginia ID is uncertain

9/9/2014 · Bemis Road, Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 9″ (16 × 23 cm)

7/27/2016 · State Arboretum of Virginia, Boyce, Virginia ID is uncertain

7/27/2016 · Michaux State Forest, Caledonia State Park, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania · ≈ 3½ × 5″ (9.6 × 12 cm)

8/2/2025 · Land’s End, Bailey Island, Maine · ≈ 8 × 6″ (20 × 15 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Asterales	Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
Family	Asteraceae	The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
Genus	Cirsium	From Greek kirsion, “a kind of thistle”
Species	vulgare	Latin for “common”

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Cirsium vulgare description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.