The following species in the flowering plant genus Cirsium, the plume thistles, are accepted by Plants of the World Online. A 2022 molecular study reassigned...

species from North America (although several species have been introduced outside their native ranges). The lectotype species of the genus is Cirsium...

Cirsium vulgare, the spear thistle, bull thistle, or common thistle, is a species of the Asteraceae genus Cirsium, native throughout most of Europe (north...

Cirsium horridulum, called bristly thistle, purple thistle, or yellow thistle is a North American species of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family...

Cirsium arvense is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native throughout Europe and western Asia, northern Africa and widely...

Cirsium oleraceum, the cabbage thistle or Siberian thistle, is a species of thistle in the genus Cirsium within the family Asteraceae, native to central...

Cirsium palustre, the marsh thistle or European swamp thistle, is a herbaceous biennial (or often perennial) flowering plant in the family Asteraceae...

Cirsium occidentale, with the common name cobweb thistle or cobwebby thistle, is a North American species of thistle in the family Asteraceae. Cirsium...

Cirsium × stiriacum (Cirsium greimleri × rivulare) is a hybrid between C. greimleri and C. rivulare. It is a rare hybrid, known from only 4 herbarium specimens...

the only range where the two species overlap.: 67  It is known from 1 herbarium specimen as of 2020. List of Cirsium species Melzer, Helmut (1973). "Beiträge...

Cirsium rivulare is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern and western Europe, adventive in Britain, and naturalised...

Cirsium greimleri, Greimler-Kratzdistel lit. 'Greimler's thistle', is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It was described...

Cirsium × scopolii (Cirsium erisithales × greimleri) is a hybrid between C. erisithales and C. greimleri. It is known from 48 herbarium specimens as of...

Cirsium × reichardtii (Cirsium greimleri × palustre) is a hybrid between C. greimleri and C. palustre. It is known from 38 herbarium specimens as of 2020...

Cirsium discolor, the field thistle, is a North American species of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to thirty-three...

Cirsium durangense, the Durango thistle , is Mexican species of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. The species is native to the...

Cirsium × juratzkae (Cirsium greimleri × heterophyllum) is a hybrid between C. greimleri and C. heterophyllum. It is known from 58 herbarium specimens...

Cirsium wrightii, or Wright's marsh thistle, is an endangered species of North American plants in the family Asteraceae. It is a monocarpic perennial sometimes...

Cirsium japonicum, commonly known as Japanese thistle, plumed thistle, or sea thistle, is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, Asteraceae...

Cirsium lecontei, often called the Le Conte's thistle, is a North American plant species native to the southeastern United States. It is a perennial, or...

Cirsium foliosum , also called leafy thistle, foliose thistle, elk thistle, or Evert's thistle, is a North American plant species in the tribe Cardueae...

Cirsium × przybylzkii (Cirsium greimleri × oleraceum) is a hybrid between Cirsium greimleri and Cirsium oleraceum. It is known from 16 herbarium specimens...

appearing from July to August. Cirsium heterophyllum is a species of northern Europe and Central Asia. It is native in upland areas of Scotland and northern England...

Cirsium creticum is a species of plant native around the Mediterranean and Iran. The species has the following subspecies. Cirsium creticum subsp. creticum...

Cirsium purpuratum is a species of plume thistle native to Japan. The plant grows to around 1.5m in height and the flower heads are up to 10 cm in diameter...

Cirsium × stroblii (Cirsium greimleri × spinosissimum) is a hybrid between C. greimleri and C. spinosissimum. 3 herbarium specimens as of 2020. It is...

Cirsium boninense is a species of thistle in the family Asteraceae that is endemic to the Bonin Islands of Tōkyō Metropolis, Japan. The species was first...

Cirsium scariosum is a species of thistle known by the common names meadow thistle, elk thistle and dwarf thistle. It is native to much of western North...

Cirsium clavatum, the Fish Lake thistle or fringed thistle, is a North American species of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. The...

Cirsium toyoshimae (トヨシマアザミ, Toyoshima-azami) is an extinct species of thistle in the family Asteraceae that was endemic to the Bonin Islands of Tōkyō...