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Palouse thistle
Cirsium brevifolium
Cirsium brevifolium
Palouse thistle Aster Family
Cirsium brevifolium Asteraceae
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common name
  Palouse thistle
accepted scientific name
  •Cirsium brevifolium Nutt.
rules for finding collection records
  Cirsium brevifolium (174)
  Cirsium palousense (3)
family name
  • Asteraceae
Image Author: ©2011 Paul Slichter
Image License: Author's permission
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: No obvious petals, Many petals
Petal colors: color
Flower size is 0.8 to 1.4 inches
Leaf: Alternate
Plant Observed 3rd week of May thru end of September

Plant Showiness (63%)
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Paul Slichter (11)
G.D.Carr (6)
R.L.Carr (5)
SEINet (1)
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Disturbed
Grassland
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Riparian
Brush
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