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Marsh Thistle

Cirsium palustre (L.) Scop.

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Cirsium palustre (Marsh Thistle) is a species of perennial herb in the family Asteraceae. They have achenes. Flowers are visited by Silver-bordered Fritillary, Melissodes desponsus, Opisthorchis viverrini, and Scaeva pyrastri.

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  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030107
  • Definition: a fruit which develops from a carpel or gyneocium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, a dry mesocarp, and a dry endocarp that are connected to a seed coat by a funicle
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Marsh Thistle. View this species on GBIF