Species

Onopordum acanthium

Common Name(s)

cotton thistle

Family

Asteraceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

ONOACA

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs - Composites

Similar Taxa

Leaves grey-green, covered with dense, white, felted tomentum; involucral bracts green, linnear-subulate, 2-3 mm wide at base, with dense felted tomentum; corolla 20-24 mm long.

Flower Colours

Red / Pink,Violet / Purple

Year Naturalised

1880

Origin

Europe, W. and C. Asia

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010