Cirsium quercetorum

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Cirsium quercetorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species: C. quercetorum
Binomial name
Cirsium quercetorum
(Gray) Jeps.

Cirsium quercetorum is a species of thistle which is endemic to the coast of California. Its common names include brownie thistle and Alameda thistle. This perennial plant grows clumped low to the ground, has spiny lobed toothy leaves and spiny thistle flowers which may be brownish dirty white to purple. This is a common plant found in grassy areas in coastal California north of approximately Santa Barbara.

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