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§1 Plant
Cnicus benedictus L.
vernacular blessed thistle — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Cnicus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 123 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 123 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
California view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Butte 06007
- Fresno 06019
- Humboldt 06023
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Monterey 06053
- Nevada 06057
- Sacramento 06067
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
Florida view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 10 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 22 I ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Clarendon 45027
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Edgefield 45037
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Greenwood 45047
- Kershaw 45055
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marlboro 45069
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
Tennessee view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 20 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Franklin 51067
- Goochland 51075
- Henrico 51087
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Shenandoah 51171
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Westmoreland 51193
Washington view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CNBE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3127691 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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