Cirsium ochrocentrum var. ochrocentrum

Common names: Yellowspine thistle
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 123.

Stems densely leafy, nodes crowded. Leaves: distal cauline bases often long-decurrent. Corollas white or pale lavender to purple. 2n = 32, 34.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (May–Sep).
Habitat: Short-grass prairies, desert grasslands, sagebrush steppes, pinyon-juniper, mesquite woodlands, often in disturbed areas
Elevation: 400–2200 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Colo., Kans., Nebr., N.Mex., Okla., S.Dak., Tex., Utah, Wyo.

Discussion

Variety ochrocentrum grows in the Great Plains from South Dakota to New Mexico and Texas. It has been introduced in California; perhaps the Utah and Arizona records are introductions as well.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
David J. Keil +
A. Gray +
Yellowspine thistle +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Kans. +, Nebr. +, N.Mex. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Tex. +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
400–2200 m +
Short-grass prairies, desert grasslands, sagebrush steppes, pinyon-juniper, mesquite woodlands, often in disturbed areas +
Flowering spring–summer (May–Sep). +
Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. +
Asteraceae tribe Cynarea +
Cirsium ochrocentrum var. ochrocentrum +
Cirsium ochrocentrum +
variety +