Creeping Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	4-7 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun
Water requirement	Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	0.9
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Perennial
Growth	Fast
1000 Seed Weight (g)	1.3
Uses
Utility	oil, Fire starter, Dynamic accumulator
Edible	true
Edible parts	Leaves, Root, Stem
Edible uses	Oil, Curdling agent
Warning	Weed potential
Names
Alternate name	Canada thistle, creeping thistlefield thistle, californian thistle, canadian thistle, lettuce from hell thistle, corn thistle, cursed thistle, field thistle, green thistle, hard thistle, perennial thistle, prickly thistle, small-flowered thistle, way thistl, cardo cundidor, choussio, ciji, da khawarak azghai, honghuamiao, koygocerten, koygocuren, ohakas, ohtja, perticone, stioppone, stramontano
Taxonomy
Family	Asteraceae or compositae
Origin and spread
Native to	Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Introduced into	Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Falkland Is., Georgia, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Dakota, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon
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Created: 2020-11-13 18:51:43 UTC
Last updated: 2025-05-28 20:29:10 UTC by andrew-haupt

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Cirsium arvense

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Cirsium arvense

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