Английская Википедия:Cirsium peckii

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Cirsium peckii, the Steens Mountain thistle, is a very spiny and prickly perennial plant in the family Asteraceae that grows in the Great Basin of the western United States.[1]Шаблон:Rp

Growth pattern

It is a perennial plant that grows with a single nonbranching erect stem from Шаблон:Convert tall, covered with sharp stiff hairs.

Leaves and stems

Leaves are lanceolate and deeply divided, with sharp, pointed, yellow needle-like teeth on the points of lobes, and are either hairless or have sparse hairs on the midrib. The lower leaves are Шаблон:Convert long.

Inflorescence and fruit

Light lavender heads of flowers are clustered at the base of the leaves along the upper part of the stem.

It flowers from June to August.[1]Шаблон:Rp

Range and habitat

It grows from Шаблон:Convert on dry slopes and rocky places in sagebrush steppe communities of the Great Basin, to southern Oregon where it can be found on Steens Mountain.[1]Шаблон:Rp

Etymology

Morton Peck was a 20th-century professor of botany at Willamette University and author of A Manual of the Higher Plants of Oregon.[1]Шаблон:Rp

References

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 Great Basin Wildflowers, Laird R. Blackwell, 2006, Morris Book Publishing LLC., Шаблон:ISBN