Cirsium arvense

Cirsium arvense

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species:
C. arvense
Binomial name
Cirsium arvense
Synonyms
Synonyms
  • Breea arvensis (L.) Less.
  • Carduus arvensis (L.) Robson
  • Cephalonoplos arvensis (L.) Fourr.
  • Cephalonoplos ochrolepidium (Juz.) Juz.
  • Cnicus arvensis (L.) Hoffm.
  • Serratula arvensis L.

Cirsium arvense is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native throughout Europe and western Asia, northern Africa and widely introduced elsewhere. The standard English name in its native area is creeping thistle. It is also commonly known as Canada thistle and field thistle.