Onopordum acanthium
Common names
cotton thistle
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites
Flower colours
Red/Pink, Violet/Purple
Similar taxa
Leaves grey-green, covered with dense, white, felted tomentum; involucral bracts green, linnear-subulate, 2-3 mm wide at base, with dense felted tomentum; corolla 20-24 mm long.
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Year naturalised
1880
Origin
Europe, W. and C. Asia
Other information
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
ONOACA