plume thistle

Synonyms:

plumed thistle

Types:

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Canada thistle, Cirsium arvense, creeping thistle

European thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weed

Cirsium flodmanii, woolly thistle

thistle of western North America having white woolly leaves

Cirsium rivulare, brook thistle

of central and southwestern Europe

Cirsium lanceolatum, Cirsium vulgare, boar thistle, bull thistle, spear thistle

European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves; extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States

Cirsium eriophorum, European woolly thistle

woolly thistle of western and central Europe and Balkan Peninsula

Type of:

thistle

any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves