Cirsium durangense

Cirsium durangense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species:
C. durangense
Binomial name
Cirsium durangense
(Greenm.) G.B.Ownbey
Synonyms[1]
  • Cirsium ochrocentrum var. durangense Greenm.

Cirsium durangense, the Durango thistle , is Mexican species of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. The species is native to the State of Durango in northwestern Mexico.[2][3]

Cirsium durangense has pinnately lobed leaves with spines on the tips of the lobes. The leaves have a woolly covering when they are young but this disappears as the leaves mature.[2]

References

  1. ^ The Plant List, Cirsium durangense (Greenm.) G.B.Ownbey
  2. ^ a b Greenman, Jesse More 1904. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 40: 51 as Cirsium ochrocentrum var. durangense
  3. ^ Tropicos, Cirsium durangense (Greenm.) G.B. Ownbey


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