Cirsium dissectum(L.) Hill

WFO wfo-0000079119 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Cirsium dissectum, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. a Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / 2020-09-10 / obs. 95030954
Cirsium dissectum, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. b Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 93629770
Cirsium dissectum, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. c Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 85020472
Cirsium dissectum, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. d Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 85016943
Cirsium dissectum, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. e Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 85010376
Cirsium dissectum, photographed by Shawn O'Donnell
fig. f Shawn O'Donnell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44890534
Cirsium dissectum, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. g Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10217116
Cirsium dissectum, photographed by Thomas Gyselinck
fig. h Thomas Gyselinck, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107595101

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Cirsium dissectum is native: Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway BelgiumFranceGermanyIrelandNetherlandsNorway
Native distribution of Cirsium dissectum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belgium BGM EUROPE
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Ireland IRE
Netherlands NET
Norway NOR

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 19 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Carduus anglicus Lam.
  • Carduus cirsium Mill.
  • Carduus dissectus Vill.
  • Carduus dissectus L.
  • Carduus glomeratus Lam.
  • Carduus pratensis Huds.
  • Carduus pumilus Vill.
  • Carduus semipinnatus Desf. ex Steud.
  • Cirsium anglicum Mill.
  • Cirsium anglicum DC.
  • Cirsium pratense Druce
  • Cirsium tuberosum subsp. anglicum (Lam.) Bonnier
  • Cirsium tuberosum subsp. anglicum (Lam.) Braun-Blanq. & al.
  • Cnicus anglicus C.C.Gmel.
  • Cnicus britannicus Druce
  • Cnicus dentatus Willd.
  • Cnicus dissectus Willd.
  • Cnicus pratensis Willd.
  • Cnicus spurius Hoffm.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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