Yellow Thistle

Cirsium horridulum Michx. - Aster family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 8.0 feet

Plant Type: Forb/herb

Features

Flower Color: White, Red, Pink, Yellow, Purple

Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Monarchs; Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Yellow Thistle: Calephelis virginiensis, Homoeosoma electella, Homoeosoma pedionnastes, Rotruda mucidella, Tebenna carduiella, Udea rubigalis

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
  • MEX:  Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
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.