Plumeless Thistle (Carduus)

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  Credit: Teun Spaans | own photo.Nederlands: Ik nam deze foto tijdens een wandeling in de Dolomieten in Italie, onderweg naar de botanische tuin van BufaureEnglish: I took this photo during a walk in the Dolomites, on my way to the botanical garden of Bufaure | License: CC-BY-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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  Credit: Teun Spaans | own photo.Nederlands: Ik nam deze foto tijdens een wandeling in de Dolomieten in Italie, onderweg naar de botanische tuin van BufaureEnglish: I took this photo during a walk in the Dolomites, on my way to the botanical garden of Bufaure | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5
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  Credit: Teun Spaans | own photo.Nederlands: Ik nam deze foto tijdens een wandeling in de Dolomieten in Italie, onderweg naar de botanische tuin van BufaureEnglish: I took this photo during a walk in the Dolomites, on my way to the botanical garden of Bufaure | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5
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Carduus, or more commonly know as Plumeless Thistle, is of the genus Carduus. Carduus or Plumeless Thistle's floral region is North America US Lower 48 and Hawaii, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

• Category: Dicot
• Genus: Carduus
• Family: Asteraceae
• Order: Asterales
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• State Noxious Status: AR (NW) IA (PRNW)
• State Noxious Common Name: AR (thistle) IA (thistle)
• PLANTS Invasive Status: STATE

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