Cirsium repandum

{{Short description|Species of thistle}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Cirsium repandum.jpg

| genus = Cirsium

| species = repandum

| authority = Michx.

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-24357 The Plant List, Cirsium repandum Michx. ]

| synonyms =

• Carduus repandus (Michx.) Pers.
• Cnicus repandus Elliott

}}

Cirsium repandum is a North American species of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. Common names include sand-hill thistle and coastal-plain thistle. The species is native to the south-eastern United States, the coastal plain in Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Cirsium%20repandum.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]

Cirsium repandum is a biennial or perennial herb up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall. Leaves have small, narrow spines along the edges. Flower heads are sometimes produced one at a time, sometimes in small groups, each head with light purple disc florets but no ray florets. The species grows in sandy soils on sand hills or in pine barrens.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066398 Flora of North America, Sand-hill or coastal-plain thistle ]