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Bristly thistle

Carduus acanthoides

61Records since 2000
JunePeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May8
Jun24
Jul13
Aug9
Sep4
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England17
2Essex England6
3Midlothian Scotland3
4Cambridgeshire England2
5East Riding of Yorkshire England2
6Bath and North East Somerset England2
7Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland2
8Norfolk England1
9Surrey England1
10Dorset England1
11Somerset England1
12Gloucestershire England1
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland1
14Scottish Borders Scotland1
15Conwy Wales1
8 England1 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
61
Peak month
June
Counties with records
16
Scientific name
Carduus acanthoides
Group
Flowering plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Carduus
Name with authority
Carduus acanthoides L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1541319 · GBIF 3114643