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Fountain Thistle
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Fountain Thistle

Cirsium fontinale

Cirsium fontinale or fountain thistle is a flowering perennial herb in the sunflower family. It is endemic to California. The Cirsium genus is commonly known as the "thistle" genus, Cirsium being the Greek word for 'thistle.'

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56866.