Common Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Growth conditions
Light requirement	Full sun
Water requirement	Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	2.0
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Biennial
Growth	Fast
1000 Seed Weight (g)	2.9
Uses
Edible	true
Edible parts	Flowers, Leaves, Root, Seed, Stem
Edible uses	Oil
Warning	Weed potential
Names
Alternate name	Bull thistle, dodder, boar thistle, bull thistle, black thistle, bur thistle, cardo de toro, cardo negro, pareira brava, spear thistle, common thistle, scots, scottish, or scotch thistle
Taxonomy
Family	Asteraceae or compositae
Origin and spread
Native to	Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia
Introduced into	Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, Azores, Bolivia, British Columbia, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, Georgia, Guatemala, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kentucky, Kermadec Is., Korea, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Peru, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Réunion, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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Created: 2020-11-13 19:00:22 UTC
Last updated: 2023-09-22 16:05:17 UTC by permabot

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Common Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

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Thistle and rocks. This kind of land would discourage some people, but I see resource: plenty of rocks and rich loam. Lots of green biomass to compost. I love it.

May 27, 2023 18:43 Thistle and rocks. This kind of land would discourage some people,...

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