Cnicus.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Cirsium virginianum (L.) Michx.
Engl.: Virginia thistle.
Bot. syn.: Carduus revolutus Sm., Carduus virginianus L., Cirsium revolutum (Sm.) Petr., Cnicus virginianus (L.) Pursh.
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