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Carduus pycnocephalus

Wainuiomata River mouth.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 26/12/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Pappus hair. Wainuiomata River mouth.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 26/12/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

slender winged thistle

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites

Flower colours

Violet/Purple

Similar taxa

Wings of upper stem < 2mm wide between clusters of teeth; capitula shortly pedunculate or subsessile, in terminal clusters of 2-3-(5), also solitary, sessile, and axillary on stems; involucral bracts with midvein raised in upper 1/2.

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Asteraceae

Authority

Carduus pycnocephalus L.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1944

Origin

S. and S.E. Europe, N.W. Africa

Other information

Etymology

carduus: From the Greek word kardos which means thistle.

NVS code

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