Prairie Thistle

Cirsium canescens Nutt.

Aster family

Plant Type

Forb/herb

Life Cycle

Biennial

Flower Color

White, Purple

Bloom Time

Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Native Bees; Bombus; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Host Homoeosoma ardaloniphas, Homoeosoma eremophasma, Homoeosoma stypticellum

Native Range

USA: California, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming

Regional Native Status: L48 (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.