Cirsium vulgare

Spear Thistle at Deakin, ACT

Cirsium vulgare at Deakin, ACT - 22 Apr 2019
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Identification history

Cirsium vulgare 23 Apr 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Cirsium vulgare 22 Apr 2019 BettyDonWood
Unidentified 22 Apr 2019 LisaH

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User's notes

Scottish thistle?

2 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:
   23 Apr 2019
I have blown the photo up a lot to make this guess.
LisaH wrote:
   23 Apr 2019
Thank you.

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Location information

Sighting information

  • 1 - 3 Abundance
  • 22 Apr 2019 10:09 AM Recorded on
  • LisaH Recorded by

Species information

  • Cirsium vulgare Scientific name
  • Spear Thistle Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Medium Weed or Pest
  • Up to 1389.77m Recorded at altitude
  • 148 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower
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