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	Cirsium spinosissimum  (L.) SCOP.

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.

Genus:  Cirsium  MILL.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	SCOP.:		Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723 - 1788), Tyrolian physician and naturalist
	MILL.:		Philip Miller (1691 - 1771), English gardener

Etymology:
	Cirsium:		Greek plant name, from kirsos = varicose vein (medical plant)
	spinosissimum:		very spiny

Fig. 1:  Cirsium spinosissimum / Spiniest Thistle A Lechtal, Elbigenalb 16.8.1987

Fig. 2:  Cirsium spinosissimum / Spiniest Thistle A Lechtal, Elbigenalb 16.8.1987

Fig. 3:  Cirsium spinosissimum / Spiniest Thistle A Hahntennjoch 16.7.2010

Fig. 4:  Cirsium spinosissimum / Spiniest Thistle A Hahntennjoch 16.7.2010

Fig. 5:  Cirsium spinosissimum / Spiniest Thistle A Hahntennjoch 16.7.2010

Fig. 6:  Cirsium spinosissimum / Spiniest Thistle A Hahntennjoch 16.7.2010

Fig. 7:  Cirsium spinosissimum / Spiniest Thistle A Osttirol, Golzentipp 11.7.2019

Fig. 8:  Cirsium spinosissimum / Spiniest Thistle A Dachstein Südwand 7.7.2020

Fig. 9:  Cirsium spinosissimum / Spiniest Thistle A Dachstein Südwand 7.7.2020

Fig. 10:  Cirsium spinosissimum / Spiniest Thistle A Wölzer Tauern, Kleiner Zinken 24.7.2021

Fig. 11:  Cirsium spinosissimum / Spiniest Thistle A Wölzer Tauern, Kleiner Zinken 24.7.2021

Fig. 12:  Cirsium spinosissimum / Spiniest Thistle F Col de la Cayolle 9.7.2016

Fig. 13:  Cirsium spinosissimum / Spiniest Thistle E Pyrenees, Benasque 17.8.2006

Fig. 14:  Cirsium spinosissimum / Spiniest Thistle E Pyrenees, Benasque 17.8.2006

Fig. 15:  Cirsium spinosissimum / Spiniest Thistle E Pyrenees, Benasque 17.8.2006

Fig. 16:  Cirsium spinosissimum / Spiniest Thistle E Pyrenees, Benasque 17.8.2006

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