Cirsium dissectum

Cirsium dissectum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Cirsium
Species:	C. dissectum
Binomial name
	Cirsium dissectum; (L.) Hill (1768)
Synonyms
	Synonymy Carduus anglicus Lam. (1785) ; Carduus cirsium Mill. (1768) ; Carduus dissectus L. (1753) ; Carduus pratensis Huds. (1778) ; Carduus semipinnatus Desf. ex Steud. (1821) ; Carduus tuberosus Vill. (1788), nom. illeg. ; Cirsium anglicum (Lam.) DC. (1805) ; Cirsium britannicum Scop. (1769) ; Cirsium bulbosum subsp. anglicum (Lam.) Bonnier & Layens (1894) ; Cirsium lanceolatum Hill (1769) ; Cirsium pratense Druce (1917) ; Cirsium spurium Delastre (1842) ; Cirsium tuberosum subsp. anglicum (Lam.) Braun-Blanq. ; Cirsium tuberosum subsp. anglicum P.Fourn. (1940) ; Cirsium tuberosum proles anglicum (Lam.) Rouy (1905) ; Cnicus anglicus (Lam.) C.C.Gmel. (1808) ; Cnicus britannicus Druce (1906) ; Cnicus dentatus Willd. (1803) ; Cnicus dissectus (L.) Willd. 1665 (1803) ; Cnicus pratensis (Huds.) Willd. (1803) ; Cnicus spurius Hoffm. (1804) ;

Cirsium dissectum, also known as meadow thistle,^[2] is an erect perennial herb. It is found in Great Britain, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Norway, etc. It is found in fens and less acidic peat bogs i.e. it prefers damp boggy areas.^[3]^[4]