Status: Native
Synonyms:
Carduus gilensis Wooton & Standley
Carduus inornatus Wooton & Standley
Carduus pallidus Wooton & Standley
Carduus parryi (Gray) Greene
Cirsium gilense (Wooton & Standley) Wooton & Standley
Cirsium inornatum (Wooton & Standley) Wooton & Standley
Cnicus parryi Gray
Cirsium parryi is an upper elevation thistle found along the streamside. Compared to
other thistles, the yellow-green inflorescence is rather plain appearing. The leaves are
armed. The phyllaries have a comb-like fringe of small spines.
Please click on an image for a larger file.
Cirsium parryi, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Kelly Kindscher & Danielle Walkup, Mogollon Mtns., Willow Creek, Aug. 2, 2008
Cirsium parryi, closeup, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Kelly Kindscher & Danielle Walkup, Mogollon Mtns., Willow Creek, Aug. 2, 2008
Cirsium parryi, closeup, photo Danielle Walkup, Bill Norris, Kelly Kindscher & Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Willow Creek, Aug. 2, 2008
Cirsium parryi, macro of pectinate fringe on phyllaries, photo Bill Norris, Richard Felger & Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Redstone Trailhead, Aug. 1, 2009
Cirsium parryi, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman & Mark Donnell, Mogollon Mtns., Indian Creek, August 26, 2010
Back to the Index