Cirsium repandum

Cirsium repandum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Cynareae
Genus:	Cirsium
Species:	C. repandum
Binomial name
Cirsium repandum Michx.
Synonyms[1]
Carduus repandus (Michx.) Pers. Cnicus repandus Elliott

Cirsium repandum is a North American species of plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family. Common names include Sand-hill thistle and coastal-plain thistle. The species is native to the southeastern United States, the coastal plain in Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas.^[2]

Cirsium repandum is a biennial or perennial herb up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall. Leaves have small, narrow spines along the edges. Flower heads are sometimes produced one at a time, sometimes in small groups, each head with light purple disc florets but no ray florets. The species grows in sandy soils on sand hills or in pine barrens.^[3]

References

1. The Plant List, Cirsium repandum Michx.
2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
3. Flora of North America, Sand-hill or coastal-plain thistle