Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Marsh Thistle, Cirsium palustre, Feochadán corraigh
Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Marsh Thistle
Cirsium palustre
Feochadán corraigh
Family: Asteraceae

Flowering time: June - September. Biennial. Native.

Flower-heads are deep purple or sometimes white, the erect bracts tipped black or purple. Seed pappus of long feathery hairs. Dark green leaves are often purple-flushed, deeply pinnate, cottony below and hairy above. The lobes are toothed, with very prickly margins. Erect hairy stem with spine-tipped wings. Height: To 130cm.
Hybrids can occur with Meadow Thistle, Cirsium dissectum

Abundant on damp ground in grassland, woods, roadsides and hedgebanks

Marsh Thistle, Cirsium palustre, Feochadán corraigh

Marsh Thistle, Cirsium palustre, Feochadán corraigh
Marsh Thistle, Cirsium palustre, Feochadán corraigh

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