Species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae
Cirsium palustre
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Cirsium
Species:
C. palustre
Binomial name
Cirsium palustre
(L.) Scop.
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
Carduus chailleti Godr.
Carduus laciniatus Lam.
Carduus palustris L.
Cirsium chailletii Gaudin
Cirsium forsteri Loudon
Cirsium horridum (Posp.) Trotter
Cirsium kochianum Loehr
Cirsium laciniatum Nyman
Cirsium lacteum Schleich. ex W.Koch
Cirsium palatinum Sch.Bip. ex Nyman
Cirsium parviflorum Lange ex Nyman
Cirsium pseudo-palustre Schur
Cirsium semidecurrens Richt.
Cnicus forsteri Sm.
Cnicus lacteus Schleich.
Cnicus palustris (L.) Willd.
Cynara palustris Stokes
Cirsium palustre, the marsh thistle[2] or European swamp thistle, is a herbaceous biennial (or often perennial) flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.[3][4]
Cirsium palustre is a tall thistle which reaches up to 2 metres (7 ft) in height. The strong stems have few branches and are covered in small spines. In its first year the plant grows as a dense rosette, at first with narrow, entire leaves with spiny, dark purple edges; later, larger leaves are lobed. In the subsequent years the plant grows a tall, straight stem, the tip of which branches repeatedly, bearing a candelabra of dark purple flowers, 10–20 millimetres (0.4–0.8 in) with purple-tipped bracts. In the northern hemisphere these are produced from June to September. The flowers are occasionally white, in which case the purple edges to the leaves are absent.[5]
The plant provides a great deal of nectar for pollinators. It was rated first out of the top 10 for most nectar production (nectar per unit cover per year) in a UK plants survey conducted by the AgriLand project which is supported by the UK Insect Pollinators Initiative.[6]
It is native to Europe where it is particularly common on damp ground such as marshes, wet fields, moorland and beside streams. In Canada and the northern United States, it is an introduced species that has become invasive. It grows in dense thickets that can crowd out slower growing native plants.[7][5][8]
^The Plant List, Cirsium palustre (L.) Coss. ex Scop.
^BSBI List 2007(xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^J. S. Rodwell. 1998. British Plant Communities, p. 227
^Altervista Flora Italiana, Cardo di palude, Sumpf-Kratzdistel, kärrtistel, Cirsium palustre (L.) Scop. includes photos and European distribution map
^ abFlora of North America, European swamp or marsh thistle, cirse ou chardon des marais, Cirsium palustre (Linnaeus) Scopoli
^"Which flowers are the best source of nectar?". Conservation Grade. 2014-10-15. Archived from the original on 2019-12-14. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
^"Marsh Plume Thistle, Aliens Among Us". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
^Biota of North America Program 22014 county distribution map
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