Cirsium durangense

Cirsium durangense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Carduoideae
Tribe:	Cynareae
Genus:	Cirsium
Species:	C. durangense
Binomial name
	Cirsium durangense; (Greenm.) G.B.Ownbey
Synonyms
	Cirsium ochrocentrum var. durangense Greenm. ;

Cirsium durangense, called Durango thistle , is Mexican species of plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family. The species is native to the State of Durango in northwestern Mexico.^[2]^[3]

Cirsium durangense is has pinnately lobed leaves with spines on the tips of the lobes. The leaves have a woolly covering when they are young but this disappears as the leaves mature.^[2]

References

^ The Plant List, Cirsium durangense (Greenm.) G.B.Ownbey
^ ^a ^b Greenman, Jesse More 1904. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 40: 51 as Cirsium ochrocentrum var. durangense
^ Tropicos, Cirsium durangense (Greenm.) G.B. Ownbey

[1] The Plant List, Cirsium durangense (Greenm.) G.B.Ownbey

[e-2] Greenman, Jesse More 1904. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 40: 51 as Cirsium ochrocentrum var. durangense

[3] Tropicos, Cirsium durangense (Greenm.) G.B. Ownbey

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