Nodding Plumeless Thistle Carduus nutans Linnaeus subsp. macrolepis (Petermann) KazmiNon-native  -  Invasive    Synonyms: Musk Thistle, Nodding Thistle.
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Asterales   >   Family Asteraceae   >   Genus Carduus   

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Nodding Plumeless Thistles blooming in Washington Co., Maryland (6/4/2006). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Nodding Plumeless Thistle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/29/2013). Photo by Tim Carney. (MBP list)

Nodding Plumeless Thistle in Carroll Co., Maryland (6/16/2007). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Nodding Plumeless Thistle blooming in Howard Co., Maryland (7/21/2014). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

A Nodding Plumeless Thistle bloom in Washington Co., Maryland (6/4/2006). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Nodding Plumeless Thistle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/4/2011). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Nodding Plumeless Thistle in bloom in Howard Co., Maryland (6/3/2010). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Nodding Plumeless Thistle in Carroll Co., Maryland (5/15/2019). (c) adam nickey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by adam_nickey via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Nodding Plumeless Thistle gone to seed in Cecil Co., Maryland (4/23/2016). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Nodding Plumeless Thistle in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/3/2020). (c) Nathaniel Schwartz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND). Photo by Nathaniel Schwartz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Nodding Plumeless Thistle in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/3/2020). (c) Nathaniel Schwartz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND). Photo by Nathaniel Schwartz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Nodding Plumeless Thistle in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/4/2020). (c) wildluker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by wildluker via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Nodding Plumeless Thistle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (12/11/2020). (c) willublegendary, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by willublegendary via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Nodding Plumeless Thistle in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/10/2018). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Nodding Plumeless Thistle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/25/2015). (c) treichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Nodding Plumeless Thistle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/25/2015). (c) treichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Nodding Plumeless Thistle in Washington Co., Maryland (7/3/2019). (c) nforonda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by nforonda via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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