AusTraits

Cirsium arvense

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Breea arvensis (L.) Less. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Carduus arvensis (L.) Robson (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Carduus lanatus Roxb. ex Willd. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cephalonoplos arvensis (L.) Fourr. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cirsium lanatum (Roxb. ex Willd.) Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cnicus arvensis (L.) Roth (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Serratula arvensis L. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (formerly naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (8), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (13), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 54 records in 11 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3 mm (2.5-3.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 40 mm (10-70 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); oblanceolate (2); oblong (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1 m (1-1 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
SAH_20231213S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231112N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202378Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202244N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
WAH_2023_222Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.