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Cirsium edule Nutt.

Cirsium edule Nutt.

Cirsium edule
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Cirsium edule Nutt.. Cirsium edule, the edible thistle or Indian thistle, is a species of thistle in the genus Cirsium, native to western North America from southeastern Alaska south through British Columbia to Washington and Oregon, and locally inland to Idaho. It is a larval host to the mylitta crescent and the painted lady.

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Native range

Native range not recorded for this plant. Often a non-native cultivar or naturalized garden plant.

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