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§1 Plant
Carduus nutans L.
vernacular nodding plumeless thistle — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Biennial, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Carduus
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
County-level range
· 185 counties across 15 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 185 counties across 15 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 11 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 34 I ▾
- Adair 21001
- Allen 21003
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Boyle 21021
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Carroll 21041
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Gallatin 21077
- Greenup 21089
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Leslie 21131
- Lincoln 21137
- Logan 21141
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Oldham 21185
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Rockcastle 21203
- Trigg 21221
- Trimble 21223
- Warren 21227
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 27 I ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Broadwater 30007
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Deer Lodge 30023
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Granite 30039
- Jefferson 30043
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Pondera 30073
- Powell 30077
- Ravalli 30081
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Yellowstone 30111
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 51 I ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Arlington 51013
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CANU4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8185959 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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