View source for Cirsium eatonii var. eriocephalum

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Cirsium eatonii var. eriocephalum
|accepted_authority=(A. Gray) D. J. Keil
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sida
|place=21: 1645. 2005
|year=2005
}}
|common_names=Mountain or alpine thistle
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cnicus eriocephalus
|authority=A. Gray
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carduus hookerianus var. eriocephalus
|authority=(A. Gray) A. Nelson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cirsium scopulorum
|authority=(Greene) Cockerell ex Daniels
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cardueae;Cirsium;Cirsium eatonii;Cirsium eatonii var. eriocephalum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cardueae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cirsium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cirsium eatonii]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Cirsium eatonii var. eriocephalum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 128, 151
|treatment_page=page 152
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect or ascending, 30–150 cm. <b>Leaf</b> faces thinly to densely arachnoid-tomentose, especially abaxially, and villous or tomentose with septate trichomes, especially along midveins, adaxially ± glabrate. <b>Heads</b> sessile or short-pedunculate in usually nodding, densely woolly-tomentose, spiciform or racemiform arrays. <b>Involucres</b> 2.5–3.5 cm, densely tomentose with septate trichomes (individual phyllaries obscured by tomentum). <b>Phyllaries</b>: outer with stiff lateral spines; apical spines slender. <b>Corollas</b> yellow (northern populations) or pink to pale purple (southern populations), 13–18 mm, tubes 6–9 mm, throats 3–5.5 mm, lobes 3–7 mm. <b>Pappi</b> 10–15 mm. <b>2n</b> = 34 (as <i>C. scopulorum</i>).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer (Jul–Sep).
|habitat=Forest openings, alpine and subalpine meadows, windswept alpine ridges
|elevation=2200–3800 m
|distribution=Colo.;N.Mex.;Utah.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Cirsium eatonii var. eriocephalum
|author=
|authority=(A. Gray) D. J. Keil
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Carduus hookerianus var. eriocephalus;Cirsium scopulorum
|basionyms=Cnicus eriocephalus
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering summer (Jul–Sep).
|habitat=Forest openings, alpine and subalpine meadows, windswept alpine ridges
|elevation=2200–3800 m
|distribution=Colo.;N.Mex.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sida
|publication year=2005
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cardueae
|genus=Cirsium
|species=Cirsium eatonii
|variety=Cirsium eatonii var. eriocephalum
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