Purple Thisle

Cirsium carolinianum (Walt) Fern&Schub.

Synonym(s): Cardus carolinianus Walter; Cirsium flaccidum Small

Common name: Purple Thisle

Family: Asteraceae; Composite

Origin: Native

Legal status : Imperiled in Georgia

Blooming records: June 8, 1999.; May 11, 2001., May 06, 2007, May 21, 2009 at the Road of Remembrance, "Old Stretch Road", flatwoods of the Berry College Campus, Mt.Berry, Georgia

Habitat: Woods, roadsides, dry and rocky soil.

Image: Cirsium carolinianum (Walt) Fern&Schub. at the Road of Remembrance, "Old Stretch Road", flatwoods of the Berry College Campus, Oostanaula River Valley, Mt. Berry, Northwest Georgia on May 06, 2007, and on May 21, 2009.

Last updated on February 23, 2010.

References:
1. 1. Fernald, Merritt L. Gray's Manual of Botany. 8th ed. New York: American Book Company, 1950.(665.) 2. Duncan, Wilbur H., and Marion B. Duncan. Wildflowers of the Eastern United States. Athens: University of Georgia, 1999. (131.)
3. Image and identification by Zvezdana Ukropina-Crawford
4. USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 27 May 2006). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Flatwoods at the Berry College Campus, Mt. Berry. Floyd County, Georgia

Botanical explorations in Floyd County, Georgia