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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Plume Thistles
  8. Cobwebby Thistle
  9. Venus Thistle

variety

Venus Thistle

Cirsium occidentale venustum

Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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

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5 native animals
supported in the US
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Ornate Checkered Beetle 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Anna's Hummingbird, Edith's Checkerspot, Rural Skipper, Timberlake's Resin-Leafcutter 4

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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