Cirsium palustre

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Cirsium palustre
Scientific classification
Kinrick: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Faimily: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cynareae
Genus: Cirsium
Species: C. palustre
Binomial name
Cirsium palustre
(L.) Scop.

Cirsium palustre, the bog-thristle or Moss-thristle, is a yerbaceous biennial (or wften perennial) species o the genus Cirsium.[1] It is a taw thistle which reaches up tae 2 metre (7 ft) in hicht.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. J. S. Rodwell. 1998. British Plant Communities, p. 227