Carduus nutans (Musk thistle)

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Carduus nutans L.

Musk thistle, nodding plumeless thistle, nodding thistle, plumeless thistle, nplumeless thistle

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Carduus macrocephalus Desf.
Carduus macrolepis Peterm.
Carduus nutans L. ssp. leiophyllus (Petrovic) Stojanov & Stef.
Carduus nutans L. var. leiophyllus (Petrovic) Arènes
Carduus nutans L. ssp. macrocephalus (Desf.) Nyman
Carduus nutans L. ssp. macrolepis (Peterm.) Kazmi
Carduus nutans L. var. macrocephalus (Desf.) B. Boivin
Carduus nutans L. ssp. nutans
Carduus nutans L. var. vestitus (H.M. Hallier) B. Boivin

8/28/2014 · Town of Taos Visitor Center, Taos, New Mexico · ≈ 4 × 4½″ (10 × 11 cm)

8/28/2014 · Town of Taos Visitor Center, Taos, New Mexico · ≈ 7 × 6″ (16 × 16 cm)

8/28/2014 · Town of Taos Visitor Center, Taos, New Mexico · ≈ 7 × 11″ (18 × 28 cm)

8/28/2014 · Town of Taos Visitor Center, Taos, New Mexico · ≈ 4½ × 6″ (12 × 16 cm)

8/28/2014 · Town of Taos Visitor Center, Taos, New Mexico · ≈ 5 × 5″ (12 × 13 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Asterales	Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
Family	Asteraceae	The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
Genus	Carduus	The classical Latin name for thistle
Species	nutans	Nodding or drooping, usually the flowers

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Carduus nutans description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.