Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Cirsium arvense var. alpestre Nägeli

Cirsium arvense var. integrifolium Wimm. & Grab.

Cirsium arvense var. vestitum Wimm. & Grab.

Cirsium arvense var. arvense

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acker-kratzdistel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
boar thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
california thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
canada thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
canadian thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cardo-canadense	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chardon des champs	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chardon du canada	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chardon hémoroidal	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
cirse des champs	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
creeping thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
field thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
gainda kande	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ke ye ci er cai	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
perennial thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
swamp thistle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
xiao ji	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
zanabassabo	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
åkertistel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ذنب السّبع	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Whole plant		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
aboveground parts		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Breea arvensis (L.) Less. Syn. Gen. Compos.: 10 (1832).
Cnicus arvensis (L.) Roth Catal. Bot. 1: 115 (1797).
Carduus arvensis (L.) Robson Brit. Fl.: 163 (1777).
Cephalonoplos arvensis (L.) Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, sér. 2, 17: 95 (1869).
Serratula arvensis L. Sp. Pl.: 820 (1753).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Breea arvensis (L.) Less.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Circium arvense (L.) Scop.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cirsium arvense (Linnaeus) Scopoli	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Cirsium arvensis	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Cnicus arvensis Hoffmann	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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