ALICE Demonstration Chalk Grassland Database (UK)

Cirsium acaule Scop.

HIGHER TAXON: Compositae

GENUS: Cirsium Mill.

Cirsium acaule Scop. [1,2,4]
    Carduus L. acaulis L. {Orthographic Variant} [1,4]
    Carduus L. acaulos L. {Synonym} [1]
    Cirsium acaulon (L.)Scop. {Synonym} [1]

PLACES: -
  Asia
  Europe
    England (N) [1], Kent [1], Yorkshire [1]
    Greece (N) [1]; Italy (N) [1]; Spain (N) [1]
    Wales (N) [1], Glamorgan [1]

HABITATS:
  Europe
    Chalk grassland [1]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Chromosome number (2n=): 34 [1]
  Data reviewed?: not reviewed
  Flower colour: purple [14]
  Habit: Herb [1]
  Hairiness: Almost Hairless [1]
  Height: 0-10cm [1], 10-20cm [1], 20-50cm [1]
  Leaf arrangement: spiral [1]
  Leaf shape: compound - pinnate [1]
  Life form (Raunkier): Hemicryptophyte - rosette [1]
  Lifespan: perennial [14]
  Month of flowering: july [1], august [1], september [1]
  Pollinating agent: bee [1], hoverfly [1], lepidoptera [1]
  Present in my garden: yes [1]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1], Illustration [13]

USES: -

VERNACULAR:
Dwarf Thistle [1,13]

NOTES: -

DATA SOURCES:

1.		Clapham AR Tutin TG Warburg EF,1962
		Flora of the British Isles Second Edition

2.		Fitter R Fitter A Blamey M,1974
		The Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe

4.		Jermyn S.T,1974
		Flora of Essex

13.		Rose,F.,1981
		The Wild Flower Key, Warne.

14.		Stace,C.A.,1991
		A New Flora of the British Isles, Cambridge.

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Cirsium acaule Scop.

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