Curly Plumeless Thistle

Carduus crispus

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Not native

Not native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

County records are not available.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

10CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR

Genus host records with ranges including AR · Carduus

Epiblema scudderianaScudder's Epiblema, Goldenrod Gall Moth
Homoeosoma electellaSunflower Moth
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Platyptilia carduidactylusArtichoke Plume Moth
Pyrausta subsequalisMottled Pyrausta
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
Vanessa virginiensisAmerican Lady, American Painted Lady
Scythris eboracensis
Scythris fuscicomella

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

2Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Carduus

Dieunomia heteropoda
Melissodes desponsus

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Asteraceae

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Arkansas rank	SNA
Global rank	Not available
AR status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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