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Carduus crispus L.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Carduus L. (ヒレアザミ)
Hire-azami (ヒレアザミ, 鰭薊), curly plumeless thistle or welted thistle
Lifeform: biennial forb ≈ 1 m tall
Distribution: Europe - China - Korea - Japan

ancient exotics to Japan
introduced (invasive) to North America

Habitat: grasslands, including grassy marshlands, wastelands, by-rivers, etc.
Chromosome number: 2n = 16 or 18 (16 + 2B)
ssp. multiflorus (Gaudin) Gremli (broad-winged thistle), Europe - Russia
ssp. agrestis (A. Kern.) Vollm. (ヒレアザミ, s.s., syn. ssp. crispus)

f. albus (Makino) H. Hara (シロバナヒレアザミ)

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Carduus crispus in Asia


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[1-3] in the animal and plant park, Changchun City, Jilin Prvince, northeastern China, on June 6 2017. on June 6 2017.

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