DIVERSITY OF LIFE TOMPKINS COUNTY FLORA
Onopordum acanthiumL.
Mitchell NYNYFA TCUSDA NY
accepted accepted accepted
Scotch Cottonthistle

Asteraceae

CAYUGA FLORA (1926) NOTES: Roadsides and waste places ; occasional. July-Aug. Near Percy Field; C. U. campus; a bad weed in a dry gravelly pasture 1-1/2 miles n. of Slaterville. N. B. and N. S. to Ont. and Mich., southw. to N. J. Introduced from Eurasia.


BH SPECIMENS FOR Onopordum acanthium (this list may be incomplete)
 Dryden, near Midline Road, 2.5km north of Slaterville Springs, Corollas pink., 29 Jul 1975, Wesley (BH 330129);

SPECIMENS OF Onopordum acanthium subsp. acanthium
 Ithaca, Cornell University Campus, near Perennial Garden, 13 Aug 1932, Burnham 18199 (BH 22324);
 Ithaca, Cornell University Campus, escaped from Perennial Garden, 6 Jul 1932, Burnham (BH 22330);
 Town of Caroline, 1.5 mile north of Slaterville Springs, edge of field at crest of steep bank, florets pink, 16 Jul 1951, Clausen 8102 (BH 22337);
 Ithaca, biennial, 1932, Curtis 1186 (BH 73586);
 Ithaca, 312 Geneva Street, in gravel driveway, weed, self-seeded from adjacent garden during past 3 seasons. Plant 2.5 m high, florets lavender. Leaf from 1 m above ground, basal ones much larger, 1 Jul 1991, Dirig 2941 (BH 22327);
 Ithaca, 312 Geneva Street, in gravel driveway, weed, self-seeded from adjacent garden during past 3 seasons. Plant 2.5 m high, florets lavender. Leaf from 1 m above ground, basal ones much larger, 1 Jul 1991, Dirig 2941 (BH 22328);
 Ithaca, Cornell University Campus, Athletic Field, waste soil, 27 Jul 1917, Eames 8984 (BH 22322);
 Ithaca, Cornell University Campus, 6 Jul 1916, Eames 7317 (BH 22332);
 Ithaca, Lighthouse Road, city dump, 30 Jun 1925, Muenscher 16330 (BH 22323);
 Ithaca, Lighthouse Road, city dump, 30 Jun 1925, Muenscher (BH 22331);
 Ithaca, 3 miles south of Jacksonville, farm of George Personius, border of garden, 28 Jul 1915, Personius 5316 (BH 22333);
 Ithaca, South Avenue, dry waste field, 21 Aug 1918, Randolph (BH 22335);
 Ithaca, 21 Jul 1914, Webster 3317 (BH 22336);
 Ithaca, 21 Jul 1914, Webster 3317 (BH 66950);
 Ithaca, Cornell University Campus, Cornell Plantations, around new greenhouse, in disturbed soil, weed, 25 May 1982, Wesley FRW1401 (BH 22334);
 Ithaca, Cornell University Campus, Cornell Plantations, by parking lot south of old Forest Home School building, along edge of lawn, 3 Dec 1982, Wesley FRW1992 (BH 22326);
 Ithaca, 19 Jul 1893, Wiegand (BH 22325);
 Dryden-Caroline, 1.5 miles north of Slaterville, gravelly knolls in pasture, bad weed, 20 Jul 1919, Eames & Randolph 13216 (BH 22329);

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Onopordum acanthium

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