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Cirsium
eriophorum
(L.)Scop.
HIGHER TAXON:
Compositae
GENUS:
Cirsium
Mill.
Cirsium
eriophorum
(L.)Scop.
[14]
Carduus
L.
eriophorus
L. {Synonym} [1]
Cnicus
L.
eriophorus
(L.)Roth. {Synonym} [1]
PLACES
: -
Europe
England (N) [1,13,14], Co. Durham [14], Durham [13]
France (N) [1]; Netherlands (N) [13]; Scotland (I) [1]
Wales (N) [1]
HABITATS
:
Europe
Chalk grassland [14], Chalk scrub [14], Roadsides [14]
DESCRIPTORS
:
Chromosome number (2n=):
34 [1]
Data reviewed?:
not reviewed
Flower colour:
purple [14]
Habit:
Herb [14]
Hairiness:
Hairy [1]
Height:
50cm-1m [14], 1-2m [14]
Leaf arrangement:
spiral [14]
Leaf shape:
compound - pinnate [1]
Life form (Raunkier):
Hemicryptophyte - semirosette [1]
Lifespan:
biennial [1,14]
Month of flowering:
july [1], august [1], september [1]
Native:
Native [1]
Pollinating agent:
bee [1], lepidoptera [1]
Present in my garden:
no
LITERATURE POINTERS
:
Description [1], Illustration [13]
USES
: -
VERNACULAR
:
Woolly Thistle [1,13,14]
NOTES
: -
DATA SOURCES:
1.
Clapham AR Tutin TG Warburg EF,1962
Flora of the British Isles Second Edition
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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ALICE Demonstration Chalk Grassland Database (UK)
Web last revised:
19/01/2001, 15:03:02
