Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Dicotyledoneae
      Order: Asterales
        Family: Asteraceae
          Genus: Cirsium
            Species: vinaceum

Sacramento Mountains Thistle - Cirsium vinaceum

Sacramento Mountains Thistle

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Stout rhizomatous biennial with a robust basal rosette; stem 1.0-1.8 m tall, with many ascending, brown-purple branches; basal leaves green, glabrous, 3-5 dm long, up to 2 dm wide, ragged-edged, divided nearly to the midrib, the divisions tipped with slender yellow spines; stem leaves sessile, similar to basal leaves but reduced in size; flower heads numerous, solitary at the ends of branches, campanulate, 5 cm in diameter and almost as high; involucral bracts in several ranks, deep red-purple, reflexed at about the middle, narrowly lanceolate, tipped with short yellowish spines; flowers rose-purple; achenes obovate, brown, glabrous, with a tawny plumose pappus 15-20 mm long. Flowers July to September.

Status

Global Rank: G1

State Rank: S1

State Status: E

Federal Status: Listed Threatened [LT]

USFS Status:

BLM Status:

SWAP Status:

NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 27

Number of Mapped Locations: 186

Number of Observations: 729

Observation date range: 08-17-1938 to 08-08-2024

External Links

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  NatureServe Explorer
  New Mexico Rare Plants Website
  Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)

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