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Also called bull thistle, common thistle, Scots thistle, Scottish thistle and Scotch thistle. It is the ⚘❀ national flower of Scotland.
Part of plume thistle genus Cirsium in aster / daisy / 🌻︎ sunflower family Asteraceae.
Native to 🇪🇺 Europe, western Asia, and northwestern Africa. Invasive > learn+quiz Invasive > Global Invasive > in USA+Canada Invasive > report it! Invasive > in USA Invasive > in USFS (.pdf) Invasive > in Michigan seeds prohibited in Michigan (.pdf page 2)
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
Control (Maryland) (.pdf page 9) Biological Control in Eastern USA (.pdf page 255)
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