Index / Search / Carduus acanthoides
§1 Plant
Carduus acanthoides L.
vernacular spiny plumeless thistle — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Biennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Carduus
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
County-level range
· 139 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 139 counties across 17 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 6 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 17 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 21 I ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Arlington 51013
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Greene 51079
- Henrico 51087
- King William 51101
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Prince William 51153
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Warren 51187
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAAC ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3114643 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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