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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Cirsium |
| Species: | C. arvense
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| Cirsium arvense | |
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Synonyms
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Cirsium arvense is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native throughout Europe and western Asia, northern Africa and widely introduced elsewhere.[2][3][4][5] The standard English name in its native area is creeping thistle.[6] It is also commonly known as Canada thistle and field thistle.[7][8]
The plant is beneficial for pollinators that rely on nectar. It also was a top producer of nectar sugar in a 2016 study in Britain, with a second-place ranking due to a production per floral unit of (2609±239 μg).[9]
- ^ "Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ Hodgson, Jesse M. (1968). The Nature, Ecology, and Control of Canada Thistle. Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p. 1.
- ^ Joint Nature Conservation Committee: Cirsium arvense Archived 2009-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200023656 Flora of China, 丝路蓟 si lu ji, Cirsium arvense (Linnaeus) Scopoli]
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Cardo dei campi comune, Acker-Kratzdistel, åkertistel, Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. includes photos and distribution maps
- ^ Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland Database Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Flora of North America, Canada or creeping or field thistle, Chardon du Canada ou des champs, cirse des champs, Cirsium arvense (Linnaeus) Scopoli
- ^ "Nebraska Department of Agriculture Noxious Weed Program" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
- ^ Hicks, DM; Ouvrard, P; Baldock, KCR (2016). "Food for Pollinators: Quantifying the Nectar and Pollen Resources of Urban Flower Meadows". PLOS ONE. 11 (6): e0158117. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1158117H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158117. PMC 4920406. PMID 27341588.