Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Slender Thistle, Carduus tenuiflorus, Feochadán caol
Photographs: Barleycove, Co. Cork

Slender Thistle / Seaside Thistle
Carduus tenuiflorus
Feochadán caol
Family: Asteraceae

Flowering June - August. Annual or perennial. Native

Dense, erect clusters of small, narrow, pale-pinkish flowerheads. Spiny leaves with greyish-cottony undersides on narrowly branched and continuously-winged stems. Height 20-100cm.

Most frequent in the eastern half of Ireland on dry, sandy grasslands, waste ground, roadsides and coastal walls.

Similar: Welted Thistle, Carduus crispus

Slender Thistle, Carduus tenuiflorus, Feochadán caol

Slender Thistle, Carduus tenuiflorus, Feochadán caol
Slender Thistle, Carduus tenuiflorus, Feochadán caol

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