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Creeping thistle

Cirsium arvense

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IntroducedHerbPerennial
Creeping thistle, photo 1 of 5
Creeping thistle, In flower
Creeping thistle, Flower buds

Perennial herbaceous plant. Introduced to Québec. Grows in fields and in urban areas. Feeds on plants.

There are 1,774 observations of Creeping thistle in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Montréal and Côte-Nord, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in July and August and become rare from November to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie285
  2. Montréal273
  3. Côte-Nord187
  4. Outaouais132
  5. Capitale-Nationale131
  6. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean130
  7. Estrie105
  8. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine101
  9. Bas-Saint-Laurent87
  10. Abitibi-Témiscamingue83
  11. Laurentides71
  12. Chaudière-Appalaches51
  13. Lanaudière41
  14. Mauricie34
  15. Laval30
  16. Centre-du-Québec28
  17. Nord-du-Québec5

Habitat

FieldsHubert Figuière
Towns and gardensAlain Rouiller

Taxonomy

KingdomPlantaePhylumTracheophytaClassMagnoliopsidaOrderAsteralesFamilyAsteraceaeGenusCirsium

Similar species

Bull thistleCirsium vulgare
Marsh thistleCirsium palustre
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
Spiny plumeless thistleCarduus acanthoides
Field thistleCirsium discolor
Prickly sow thistleSonchus asper
Swamp thistleCirsium muticum
Nodding thistleCarduus nutans
American burnweedErechtites hieraciifolius
Greater knapweedCentaurea scabiosa
Field sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Spotted knapweedCentaurea stoebe
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