Cirsium vulgare

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.
Common Name:Bull Thistle; Common Thistle
Habitat:Pasture, fields and distuerbed areas.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Biennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native, FAC (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Cirsium
Species Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. - Bull Thistle; Common Thistle

Citation

Citation Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Tenore, Fl. Napol. 5: 209. 1835 [1836].
Basionym: Carduus vulgaris Savi 1798.
Type: ITALY

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Carduus vulgaris Carduus vulgaris Savi, Fl. Pis. 2: 241. 1798. ITALY
Cirsium balearicum Cirsium balearicum Willkomm, Ill. Fl. Hispan. 2: 20. 1886. SPAIN: Balearic Islands:
Cirsium crinitum Cirsium crinitum Boissier ex de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 305. 1838.  
Cirsium lanceolatum var. concolor Cirsium lanceolatum (Linnaeus) Scopoli, var. concolor Neilreich, Fl. Nied.- Oesterr. 388. 1858. AUSTRIA
Cirsium lanceolatum var. hypoleucum Cirsium lanceolatum (Linnaeus) Scopoli, var. hypoleucum de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 636. 1838.  
Cirsium lanceolatum var. nemorale Cirsium lanceolatum (Linnaeus) Scopoli, var. nemorale (Reichenbach) Naegeli, in W. D. J. Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 2. 990. 1846.Cirsium nemorale Reichenbach 1831. 
Cirsium lanceolatum var. vulgare Cirsium lanceolatum (Linnaeus) Scopoli, var. vulgare Naegeli, in W. D. J. Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 2. 990. 1846, nom. inadmiss.Cirsium lanceolatum (Linnaeus) Scopoli 1772, non Hill 1769; Carduus lanceolatus Linnaeus 1753. 
Cirsium linkii Cirsium linkii Nyman, Syll. Fl. Eur. 23. 1855. PORTUGAL
Cirsium nemorale Cirsium nemorale Reichenbach, Fl. Germ. Excurs. 286. 1831. GERMANY
Cirsium sylvaticum Cirsium sylvaticum Tausch, Flora 12(Ergebn. 1): 38. 1829. GERMANY
Cirsium sylvaticum Cirsium sylvaticum Tausch, Flora 12(Ergebn. 1): 38. 1829.  
Cirsium vulgare subsp. sylvaticum Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Tenore, subsp. sylvaticum (Tausch) Arenes, CITATION?  
Cnicus lanceolatus Cnicus lanceolatus (Linnaeus) Willdenow, Fl. Berol. Prodr. 259. 1787.Carduus lanceolatus Linnaeus 1753. 
Eriolepis lanceolata Eriolepis lanceolata (Linnaeus) Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 41: 331. 1825.Carduus lanceolatus Linnaeus 1753. 
Carduus lanceolatus Carduus lanceolatus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 821. 1753. Without data (lectotype: LINN 966.1). Lectotypified by Telavera & Valdés, Lagascalia 5: 197. 1976.
Cirsium lanceolatum Cirsium lanceolatum (Linnaeus) Scopoli, Fl. Carniol., ed. 2. 2: 130. 1772, non Hill 1769.Carduus lanceolatus Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Chilton, Colbert, Crenshaw, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Lee, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Montgomery, Morgan, Randolph, Shelby, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1956 - 1956

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UNA00053868 Blount 07 Jul 1997 Keener, Brian R.
226		 UNA
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.
UNA00055632 Blount 08 Jun 1998 Keener, Brian R.
936		 UNA
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.
TROY000031567 Butler 12 Jun 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21402		 TROY
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Tenore
UWAL0002037 Butler 12 Jun 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21402		 UWAL
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.
JSU105841 Calhoun 15 Jul 1969 Pierce, Faye Nell
s.n.		 JSU
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Tenore
JSU105839 Calhoun 15 Jul 1969 Cofield, Jan
s.n.		 JSU
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Tenore
JSU105840 Calhoun 15 Jul 1969 Day, Randy
s.n.		 JSU
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Tenore
JSU105838 Calhoun 30 Jul 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
903		 JSU
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Tenore
AUA000002293 Chilton 7 Jul 1970 MOORE, HAROLD D.
198		 AUA
CIRSIUM VULGARE (SAVI) TEN.
ALNHS00002571 Colbert 23 Jun 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-419		 ALNHS
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.
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