Common name
English: European swamp thistle
German: Sumpf-Kratzdistel
Portuguese: Cardo-palustre
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2624)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2527)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2136)
Order: Asterales (235)
Family: Asteraceae (219)(family description)
Genus: Cirsium (4)
Epithet: palustre Scop. (2)
Synonyms: Carduus acanthoides Hornem., Carduus altissimus Gilib., Carduus chailletii (Gaud.) Godr., Carduus laciniatus Lam., Carduus palustris L., Cirsium ×mougeotii F.W.Schultz, Cirsium ×spurium (Delastre) P.Fourn., Cirsium chailleti Gaudin, Cirsium forsteri Loud., Cirsium horridum (Posp.) Trotter, Cirsium laciniatum Doell ex Nym., Cirsium lacteum Schleich., Cirsium palustriforme Dalla Torre & Sarnth., Cirsium parviflorum Lange, Cirsium subalpinum Schleich., Cnicus forsteri Sm., Cnicus lacteus Schleich., Cnicus palustris (L.) Willd., Cnicus semipectinatus Thom., Cynara palustris (L.) Stokes, Onotrophe palustris (L.) Cass., Polyacantha palustris (L.) Hill, Serratula palustris (L.) Neck.
horridum => prickly
palustre => marshy
palustris => bog, swamp-loving
parviflorum => small-flowered
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, violet