Plants of
South Australia
Cirsium vulgare ()
Asteraceae
Swamp Thistle,
Spear Thistle
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Distribution by Herbarium region
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta

Botanical art

Kath Alcock paintings: 2

Prior names

Cirsium lanceolatum, nom.illeg.

Carduus vulgaris

Carduus lanceolatus

Common names

Swamp Thistle

Spear Thistle

Declared weed

A Declared weed in South Australia (external link)

Distribution and status

Herbarium regions: Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)