Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cirsium arvense var. arvense [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.
Infraspecies:: 3

Cirsium arvense var. alpestre Nägeli

Cirsium arvense var. integrifolium Wimm. & Grab.

Cirsium arvense var. vestitum Wimm. & Grab.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cirsii herba	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
common cephalanoplos	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
field thistle herb	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
herba cirsii	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
herba cirsii segeti	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
siao ji	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
xiao ji	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
xiaoji	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
小蓟	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
小薊	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole grass		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
aerial part		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 63 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cirsium setosum (Willd.) Besser Cat. Hort. Cremeneci: 39 (1816).
Serratula setosa Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1645 (1803).
Aplotaxis pungens DC. Prodr. 6: 539 (1838).
Breea dioica (Cass.) Less. Syn. Gen. Compos.: 10 (1832).
Breea ochrolepidia (Juz.) Soják Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1962: 47 (1962).
Breea praealta (Cass.) Less. Syn. Gen. Compos.: 10 (1832).
Breea setosa (Willd.) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 18: 79 (1959).
Carduus haemorrhoidalis DC. Prodr. 6: 643 (1838).
Carduus serratuloides Neck. Delic. Gallo-Belg. 2: 338 (1768).
Cephalonoplos ochrolepidium (Juz.) Juz. Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 290 (1937).
Cephalonoplos setosus (Willd.) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 8 (1934).
Cirsium albicans Willk. Linnaea 30: 109 (1859).
Cirsium albiflorum Kitag. Lin. Fl. Manshur.: 447 (1939).
Cirsium argenteum Peyer ex Vest Flora 12(1, Beibl.): 57 (1829).
Cirsium argunense DC. Prodr. 6: 644 (1838).
Cirsium arvense f. albiflorum (E.L.Rand & Redfield) R.Hoffm. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 36: 340 (1922).
Cirsium arvense f. albiflorum Kitag. Rep. Inst. Sci. Res. Manchoukuo 1: 319 (1937), nom. illeg.
Cirsium arvense var. argenteum (Peyer ex Vest) Fiori in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 3: 368 (1904), nom. illeg.
Cirsium arvense var. argenteum Treuinf. Cirs. Tirol: 289 (1875), nom. illeg.
Cirsium arvense var. decurrens Wallr. Linnaea 14: 636 (1840).
Cirsium arvense var. discolor Neilr. Fl. Nied.-Oesterr.: 392 (1858).
Cirsium arvense var. ferox Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 3: 23 (1838).
Cirsium arvense var. horridum Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 2(2): 92 (1829).
Cirsium arvense f. incanum Gajić Fl. SR Srbije 7: 202 (1975), nom. illeg.
Cirsium arvense subf. incanum Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2: 1239 (1893), nom. illeg.
Cirsium arvense var. malhoi Giraudias Bull. Soc. Études Sci. Angers 1889: 38 (1890).
Cirsium arvense var. maritimum Fr. Fl. Hall.: 130 (1819).
Cirsium arvense var. mite Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 2(2): 92 (1829).
Cirsium arvense f. rubricaule Lepage Naturaliste Canad. 89: 79 (1962).
Cirsium arvense var. setosum (Willd.) Hohen. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 11: 282 (1838).
Cirsium arvense subsp. setosum (Willd.) Iljin in B.A.Fedschenko, Fl. Yugo-Vost. Evropy Chast. SSSR 6: 408 (1936).
Cirsium arvense var. spinosissimum Neilr. Fl. Nied.-Oesterr.: 391 (1858).
Cirsium arvense var. subalatum (Ledeb.) Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 735 (1846).
Cirsium arvense var. tomentosum Lej. in A.L.S.Lejeune & R.J.Courtois, Comp. Fl. Belg. 3: 125 (1836), nom. illeg.
Cirsium arvense var. tomentosum Becker Fl. Frankfurt. 1: 498 (1828).
Cirsium dioicum Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 27: 190 (1823).
Cirsium halophilum Turcz. ex Herder Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 43(I): 83 (1870).
Cirsium horridum (Wimm. & Grab.) Stankov Opred. Vyssh. Rast. Evr. Chasti SSSR: 664 (1949), nom. illeg., later homonym
Cirsium laevigatum Tausch Flora 11: 483 (1828).
Cirsium macrostylon (Moretti) Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 856 (1832).
Cirsium mutatum Menyh. Kal. Vid. Növén.: 102 (1877).
Cirsium neglectum Fisch. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 370 (1826).
Cirsium ochrolepidium Juz. Sornye Rast. S.S.S.R. 4: 287 (1935).
Cirsium praealtum Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 41: 333 (1826).
Cirsium rubricaule Novopokr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62: 317 (1929), pro syn.
Cirsium ruthenicum Fisch. Cat. Jard. Gorenki, ed. 2: 35 (1812).
Cirsium setosum var. mite (Wimm. & Grab.) Tzvelev Fl. Evropeískoí Chasti SSSR 7: 244 (1994).
Cirsium setosum var. subalatum Ledeb. Fl. Altaic. 4: 10 (1833).
Cirsium sordidum Wallr. Erst. Beitr. Fl. Hercyn.: 266 (1840).
Cirsium stocksii Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 3: 40 (1856).
Cnicus arvensis f. albiflorus E.L.Rand & Redfield Fl. Mt. Desert Isl.: 120 (1894).
Cnicus arvensis subsp. microstylon (Rchb.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 407 (1882).
Cnicus arvensis var. setosus (Willd.) Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 19: 511 (1874).
Cnicus macrostylus Moretti Giorn. Fis. Chim. Storia Nat. Med. Arti, Dec. 2, 7: 102 (1824).
Cnicus ruthenicus J.Henning Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 6: 78 (1828).
Cnicus setosus (Willd.) Besser Prim. Fl. Galiciae Austriac. 2: 172 (1809).
Cynara repens Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 152 (1812), nom. superfl.
Ixine arvensis Hill Herb. Brit. 1: 74 (1769).
Saussurea pungens (DC.) Sch.Bip. Linnaea 19: 330 (1846).
Serratula campestris Schweigg. ex DC. Prodr. 6: 671 (1838).
Serratula complanata Schweigg. in K.G.Hagen, Chlor. Boruss.: 303 (1819).
Serratula lanata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 565 (1805).
Serratula spinosa Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 184 (1782), opus utique oppr.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cerratula setosa Willd.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cirsium arvense var. arvense	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
Cirsium setosum	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Cirsium setosum (Willd.) Besser	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Cirsium setosum (Willd.) M.Bieb.	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Cirsium setosum (Willd.) MB.	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cirsium setosum (Willd.)MB.	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Cirsium setosum (Willdenow) Besser ex M. Bieberstein	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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