xəw’xəwíłp

Hul’q’umi’num’ Name: xəw’xəwíłp

Taxon Name: Cirsium arvense

“Common” Name: creeping thistle

Cultural Values:

Ecological Community: Anthropogenic, Forests

Wikipedia summary:
Cirsium arvense is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native throughout Europe and western Asia, northern Africa and widely introduced elsewhere. The standard English name in its native area is creeping thistle. It is also commonly known as Canada thistle and field thistle.

The plant is beneficial for pollinators that rely on nectar. It also was

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Observational Data:
First reported: 2010-05-22
Source: Hunterston
Last reported: 2023-05-27
Source: iNat
Obervation count: 2