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§1 Plant
Cirsium horridulum Michx.
vernacular yellow thistle — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Cirsium
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 311 counties across 14 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 311 counties across 14 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Dixie 12029
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Baldwin 13009
- Bartow 13015
- Berrien 13019
- Brooks 13027
- Camden 13039
- Charlton 13049
- Clarke 13059
- Colquitt 13071
- Dodge 13091
- Elbert 13105
- Glynn 13127
- Greene 13133
- Harris 13145
- Hart 13147
- Jasper 13159
- Jones 13169
- Laurens 13175
- Liberty 13179
- McIntosh 13191
- Monroe 13207
- Morgan 13211
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Pike 13231
- Putnam 13237
- Spalding 13255
- Talbot 13263
- Taylor 13269
- Warren 13301
- Washington 13303
- Wilkes 13317
Louisiana view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Alcorn 28003
- Amite 28005
- Benton 28009
- Carroll 28015
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Coahoma 28027
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- Franklin 28037
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Issaquena 28055
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Montgomery 28097
- Neshoba 28099
- Newton 28101
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pontotoc 28115
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Tippah 28139
- Tishomingo 28141
- Union 28145
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Wilkinson 28157
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 10 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Cabarrus 37025
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Gates 37073
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Stanly 37167
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 18 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Gloucester 51073
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- Mathews 51115
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CIHO2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3112777 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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