Onopordum acanthium L. subsp. acanthium [E]

En: Scottish thistle, cotton thistle, heraldic thistle
Fr: onoporde acanthe
Provincial Status: E [ephemeral; not persistent]
Range: Eurasia; introduced in NS-ON, BC; ephemeral in Nfld.

              [=Acanos spina Scop.]
              [=Acanthium onopordon Gueldenst.]
              [=Carduus acanthium (L.) Baill.]
              [=Onopordum acanthifolium K.Koch]

[Reports of Onopordum acanthium introduced in Nfld. were included in Rouleau (1978), but no naturalized or recent reports of this species are known from NL; Onopordum acanthium is considered ephemeral in Nfld.]

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