Carduus acanthoides subsp. acanthoides

Native to:

Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krym, Libya, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Qinghai, Romania, South European Russi, Sweden, Switzerland, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

British Columbia, California, Colorado, Great Britain, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Ireland, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Québec, Rhode I., South Dakota, Uruguay, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Kew Backbone Distributions

• Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
• Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
• Meyers, S.C. & al. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Oregon 2: 1-861. Botanical research institute of Texas Press.
• Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.