Cirsium funkiae, the funky thistle or Funk's thistle, is a species of thistle found in the United States. (wikipedia.org)
The funky thistle can be differentiated from the similar looking mountain thistle Cirsium scopulorum by the coloration of the style branches and corolla, and the nodding flowerhead that the funky thistle exhibits. (wikipedia.org)
The thistle differs from the similar Cirsium scopulorum in its style branches being yellow rather than white, pale pink, or purple, but similar due to their nodding terminal arrangement of the heads. (wikipedia.org)
Commonly recognized for its flower, Texas thistle is a drought tolerant species that blooms in early summer. (wildflower.org)
Only three genera in Cynareae are represented by native species in the New World, and of these Cirsium is by far the most widely distributed and diverse. (swbiodiversity.org)
Cirsium undulatum is widely distributed in the wstern half of North America from the dry plains and plateaus of the Pacific Northwest eastward across the Great Plains to Manitoba and the Dakotas and south to Texas, New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico. (swbiodiversity.org)
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Native species of Cirsium range from sea level to alpine and from boreal regions of Canada to the tropics of Central America. (swbiodiversity.org)
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The species complex that was Cirsium eatonii was split in 2020, re-instating the former taxa C. clokeyi, C. murdockii, C. peckii, and C. tweedyi, as well as creating the taxa C. harrisonii and C. viperinum. (wikipedia.org)
A detailed study of this species might reveal races worthy of recognition as infraspecific taxa. (swbiodiversity.org)
Plants1
Discoveries of plants such as C. funkiae can help researchers determine climate change-induced effects on species distribution and interaction. (wikipedia.org)
Search1
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The species complex that was Cirsium eatonii was split in 2020, re-instating the former taxa C. clokeyi, C. murdockii, C. peckii, and C. tweedyi, as well as creating the taxa C. harrisonii and C. viperinum. (wikipedia.org)
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Five species were separated from the former C. scopulorum complex. (wikipedia.org)
After careful consideration of the complex patterns of variation among members of the C. arizonicum complex, I acknowledged the futility of trying to distinguish more than one species. (swbiodiversity.org)