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	Cirsium heterophyllum  (L.) HILL

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.

Synon.:  Cirsium helenioides  (L.) HILL

Genus:  Cirsium  MILL.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	HILL:		John Hill (1716 - 1775), English botanist
	MILL.:		Philip Miller (1691 - 1771), English gardener

Etymology:
	Cirsium:		Greek plant name, from kirsos = varicose vein (medical plant)
	heterophyllum:		with different leaves
	helenioides:		helenium-like

Fig. 1:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Malta - Valley 19.7.2010

Fig. 2:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Malta - Valley 19.7.2010

Fig. 3:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Malta - Valley 19.7.2010

Fig. 4:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Malta - Valley 19.7.2010

Fig. 5:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Malta - Valley 19.7.2010

Fig. 6:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Malta - Valley 19.7.2010

Fig. 7:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Turrach 22.7.2007

Fig. 8:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Turrach 22.7.2007

Fig. 9:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Turrach 22.7.2007

Fig. 10:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Pusterwald 29.7.2021

Fig. 11:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Pusterwald 29.7.2021

Fig. 12:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Pusterwald 29.7.2021

Fig. 13:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Gaal 27.6.2021

Fig. 14:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Gaal 27.6.2021

Fig. 15:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Gaal 27.6.2021

Fig. 16:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Gaal 27.6.2021

Fig. 17:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Gaal 27.6.2021

Fig. 18:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Gaal 27.6.2021

Fig. 19:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Weiden am Neusiedler See 12.7.2013

Fig. 20:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Weiden am Neusiedler See 12.7.2013

Fig. 21:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Weiden am Neusiedler See 12.7.2013

Fig. 22:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle A Weiden am Neusiedler See 12.7.2013

Fig. 23:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016

Fig. 24:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016

Fig. 25:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle D Ettal 21.6.2011

Fig. 26:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle D Ettal 21.6.2011

Fig. 27:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle D Ettal 21.6.2011

Fig. 28:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle D Ettal 21.6.2011

Fig. 29:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle D Ettal 21.6.2011

Fig. 30:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle I Südtirol, Gsieser Tal 7.7.2022

Fig. 31:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle IRL Burren, Lisdoonvarna 15.6.2012

Fig. 32:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle IRL Burren, Lisdoonvarna 15.6.2012

Fig. 33:  Cirsium heterophyllum / Melancholy Thistle IRL Burren, Lisdoonvarna 15.6.2012

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