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creeping thistle

Cirsium arvense

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Common names

64 names · 41 languages
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Other languages (40)
Dutch
  • Akkerdistel[3][5]
  • Boerenplaag
French
Afrikaans
  • Kanada-dissel[5]
  • Kanadese dissel[5]
  • rankdissel[5]
Arabic
  • شوك الحقل[5]
  • شوك زاحف[5]
  • شوك كندي[5]
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  • قصوان حقلي[5]
Belarusian
  • Бадзяк палявы[5]
Catalan
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Croatian
  • Poljski osjak[5]
Czech
  • pcháč oset[5]
Danish
  • Ager-tidsel[5]
Estonian
  • nõelohakas[5]
  • põldohakas[5]
Faroese
  • akurtistil[5]
Finnish
  • pelto-ohdake[5]
German
Greek
  • Κίρσιο το αρουραίο[5]
Hebrew
  • קוצן השדה[5]
Hungarian
  • mezei acat[5]
  • Mezei aszat[5]
Icelandic
Irish
  • Feochadán reatha[5]
Italian
Japanese
  • アレチアザミ[5]
  • エゾノキツネアザミ[5]
  • シロバナセイヨウトゲアザミ[5]
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  • セイヨウトゲアザミ[5]
Korean
Latvian
  • Tīruma usne[5]
Lithuanian
  • Dirvinė usnis[5]
Navajo
  • Azéé hakaní yázhí[5]
  • Tooh Nanideeh Azhee Hocuni[5]
Norwegian
  • åkertistel[5]
Ojibwe
  • Mazaanashk[5]
Polish
  • Ostrożeń polny[5]
Portuguese
Romanian
  • Pălămidă[5]
Russian
  • Бодяк полевой[5]
  • Бодяк розовый[5]
Serbian
  • Паламида[5]
Slovak
  • pichliač roľný[5]
Slovenian
  • Njivski osat[5]
Spanish
Swedish
  • Åkertistel[5]
Turkish
  • Köygöçüren[5]
Ukrainian
  • Осот польовий[5]
Welsh
  • Ysgallen y maes[5]
Sources & name notes (5)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

[1] Cirsium arvense — Plant Toolbox common names ↗

NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox; English common names in a United States horticultural reference.

Source records
  • Creeping Thistle — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(2); heading: Common Name(s):; Cirsium arvense.
  • Canada thistle — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(1); heading: Common Name(s):; Cirsium arvense.
  • Field Thistle — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(3); heading: Common Name(s):; Cirsium arvense.
  • Swamp Thistle — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(4); heading: Common Name(s):; Cirsium arvense.
  • Thistle — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(5); heading: Common Name(s):; Cirsium arvense.
[2] Royal Horticultural Society — common names ↗

Names retained from the referenced botanical profile or table.

Source records
  • creeping thistle — Page 3, column 1, row top 727 pt; common-name cell after Cirsium arvense.; Cirsium arvense.
[3] Cirsium arvense — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy. This is a common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • creeping thistle — results[0].names[2]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Acker-Kratzdistel — results[0].names[5]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Californian thistle — results[0].names[13]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Canada thistle — results[0].names[15]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Canadian thistle — results[0].names[14]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • field thistle — results[0].names[12]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • cardo cundidor — results[0].names[23]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • chardon des champs — results[0].names[10]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Cirse des champs — results[0].names[9]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Cardo campestre — results[0].names[4]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Akkerdistel — results[0].names[19]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • cardo — results[0].names[16]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Cardo-hemorroidal — results[0].names[31]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
[4] Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20 — Cirsium arvense ↗

Common names from World Plants, version 26.05, reproduced in Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20. License: CC BY.

Source records
  • Creeping Thistle (EN) — VernacularName.tsv, line 140836; taxon VHPB.
  • Acker-Kratzdistel (DE) — VernacularName.tsv, line 140835; taxon VHPB.
[5] Cirsium arvense — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • creeping thistle — results[25].names[2]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Acker-Kratzdistel — results[25].names[5]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Californian thistle — results[25].names[13]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Canada thistle — results[25].names[15]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Canadian thistle — results[25].names[14]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • field thistle — results[25].names[12]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • cardo cundidor — results[25].names[23]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • chardon des champs — results[25].names[10]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Cirse des champs — results[25].names[9]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Cardo campestre — results[25].names[4]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Akkerdistel — results[25].names[19]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • cardo — results[25].names[16]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Cardo-hemorroidal — results[25].names[31]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • calcida — results[25].names[3]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Бодяк полевой — results[25].names[7]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Ostrożeń polny — results[25].names[8]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • pelto-ohdake — results[25].names[11]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • pcháč oset — results[25].names[17]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Κίρσιο το αρουραίο — results[25].names[18]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Ager-tidsel — results[25].names[20]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • nõelohakas — results[25].names[21]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Åkertistel — results[25].names[22]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • åkertistel — results[25].names[24]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Dirvinė usnis — results[25].names[25]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Бодяк розовый — results[25].names[26]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • セイヨウトゲアザミ — results[25].names[27]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • 丝路蓟 — results[25].names[28]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Mazaanashk — results[25].names[29]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • põldohakas — results[25].names[30]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • アレチアザミ — results[25].names[32]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • エゾノキツネアザミ — results[25].names[33]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • シロバナセイヨウトゲアザミ — results[25].names[34]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • 絲路薊 — results[25].names[35]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Feochadán reatha — results[25].names[36]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • 조뱅이 — results[25].names[37]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • 刺儿菜 — results[25].names[38]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • 加拿大蓟 — results[25].names[39]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Azéé hakaní yázhí — results[25].names[40]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • akurtistil — results[25].names[41]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Mezei aszat — results[25].names[42]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Осот польовий — results[25].names[43]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • قصوان حقلي — results[25].names[44]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Бадзяк палявы — results[25].names[45]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • شوك زاحف — results[25].names[46]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Kanada-dissel — results[25].names[47]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • شوك الحقل — results[25].names[48]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Kanadese dissel — results[25].names[49]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • شوك كندي — results[25].names[50]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • rankdissel — results[25].names[51]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Njivski osat — results[25].names[52]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • mezei acat — results[25].names[53]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Паламида — results[25].names[54]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Tīruma usne — results[25].names[55]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • pichliač roľný — results[25].names[56]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Tooh Nanideeh Azhee Hocuni — results[25].names[57]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Pălămidă — results[25].names[58]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Köygöçüren — results[25].names[59]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Þistill — results[25].names[60]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • קוצן השדה — results[25].names[61]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Poljski osjak — results[25].names[62]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
  • Ysgallen y maes — results[25].names[63]; taxon id 60132; Cirsium arvense.
Plant references

Source-backed information

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Taxonomy
Cirsium arvense is an accepted species in Catalogue of Life.

Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.

Sources [1]
Botanical family
Asteraceae

Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.

Sources [1]
Plant habit
Erect

NC State Extension profile.

Sources [2]
Life cycle
Perennial

NC State Extension profile.

Sources [2]
Growth rate
Rapid

NC State Extension profile.

Sources [2]
Light
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day); Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)

NC State Extension profile.

Sources [2]
Moisture and drainage
Moist; Occasionally Dry; Occasionally Wet; Very Dry

NC State Extension profile.

Sources [2]
Soil texture
Clay; High Organic Matter; Loam (Silt); Sand

NC State Extension profile.

Sources [2]
Soil pH
Alkaline (>8.0); Neutral (6.0-8.0)

NC State Extension profile. These source categories do not certify the catalogue’s numeric pH interval.

Sources [2]
Flowering season
Summer

NC State Extension profile. Seasons reflect the source region and do not verify the catalogue’s exact flowering months.

Sources [2]
Native range
Eurasia, Northwestern Africa

NC State Extension profile. Origin reported by the source; this is not a claim of local nativeness.

Sources [2]
Pollinator guidance
RHS includes Cirsium arvense in its Plants for Pollinators guidance.

RHS planting guidance. Choose accessible flowers with pollen and nectar; reduced-resource and double-flowered forms may be unsuitable.

Sources [3]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

High suitability
Nectar value High
Pollen value High
Plant profile

About this plant

creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) is a herbaceous plant. It flowers from June to September.

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Cirsium arvense — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: TaxonomyBotanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 5292315; ID VHPB; rank species; status accepted
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 5292315; ID VHPB; rank species; status accepted

    Source checked on .

    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. NC State Extension Cirsium arvense — Plant Toolbox

    NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. Growing conditions and seasons reflect its United States horticultural context.

    Supports: Plant habitLife cycleGrowth rateLightMoisture and drainageSoil textureSoil pHFlowering seasonNative range
    Relevant sections
    • Plant habit: Habit/Form
    • Life cycle: Life Cycle
    • Growth rate: Growth Rate
    • Light: Light
    • Moisture and drainage: Soil Drainage
    • Soil texture: Soil Texture
    • Soil pH: Soil pH
    • Flowering season: Flower Bloom Time
    • Native range: Country Or Region Of Origin

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  3. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Wildflowers

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 3, column 1, entry Cirsium arvense (top 727 pt)

    Source checked on .