Definition of Cirsium discolor

1. Noun. Stout North American thistle with purplish-pink flower heads.

Exact synonyms: Field Thistle
Generic synonyms: Thistle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cirsium Discolor

Circe effect
Circean
Circean poison
Circinus
Circis siliquastrum
Circumcellion
Circumcellions
Circus Aeruginosus
Circus cyaneus
Circus pygargus
Cirenaike
Cirneco dell'Etna
Cirripedia
Cirsium
Cirsium arvense
Cirsium discolor (current term)
Cirsium eriophorum
Cirsium flodmanii
Cirsium helenioides
Cirsium heterophylum
Cirsium lanceolatum
Cirsium rivulare
Cirsium vulgare
Cisalpine Gaulish
Cisatlantic
Ciskei
Cisleithan
Cistaceae
Cistercian
Cistercians

Literary usage of Cirsium discolor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District by Asa Gray, Sereno Watson (1890)
"(Cirsium discolor, Spreng.) — Common; N. Eng. to 111., and southward. 5. C. Virginianus, Pursh. Stem woolly, slender, simple or sparingly branched (I -3° ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Cirsium discolor (Muhl.) Spreng. Field thistle Herbaceous biennial Abandoned fields, open hillsides and roadside banks. Carduus discolor (Muhl.) Nutt. ..."

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