Cirsium chlorolepis
Petr. ex Hand.-Mazz.
Caution — Parts of this plant may be toxic or require specific preparation. Verify with multiple sources before consuming.
What to Eat
Edible parts: Root
The root is eaten as a vegetable.
Known Hazards
Balaenoptera borealis — sei whale (Pacific population)
Balaenoptera musculus — blue whale
Dipodomys ordii — Ord's kangaroo rat
Eubalaena glacialis — North Atlantic right whale
Gulo gulo — wolverine (eastern population)
Hyperoodon ampullatus — northern bottlenose whale (Scotian Shelf population)
Marmota vancouverensis — Vancouver Island marmot
Martes americana atrata — American marten (Newfoundland population)
Orcinus orca — orca or killer whale (Pacific southern resident population)
Rangifer tarandus caribou — woodland caribou (Atlantic/Gaspésie population)
Scapanus townsendii — Townsend's mole
Sorex bendirii — Pacific water shrew
Taxidea taxus jacksoni — American badger; jacksoni subspecies
Taxidea taxus jeffersonii — American badger; jeffersonii subspecies
Vulpes velox — swift fox
Ammodramus henslowii — Henslow's sparrow
Athene cunicularia — burrowing owl
Centrocercus urophasianus urophasianus — greater sage-grouse, urophasianus subspecies
Charadrius melodus circumcinctus — piping plover, circumcinctus subspecies
Charadrius melodus melodus — piping plover, melodus subspecies
Charadrius montanus — mountain plover
Colinus virginianus — northern bobwhite
Dendroica kirtlandii — Kirtland's warbler
Empidonax virescens — Acadian flycatcher
Eremophila alpestris strigata — horned lark, strigata subspecies
Grus americana — whooping crane
Icteria virens auricollis (British Columbia population) — yellow-breasted chat, auricollis subspecies
Lanius ludovicianus migrans — loggerhead shrike, migrans subspecies
Loxia curvirostra percna — red crossbill, percna subspecies
Megascops kennicottii macfarlanei — western screech-owl, macfarlanei subspecies
Numenius borealis — Eskimo curlew
Oreoscoptes montanus — sage thrasher
Picoides albolarvatus — white-headed woodpecker
Pooecetes gramineus affinis — vesper sparrow, affinis subspecies
Protonotaria citrea — prothonotary warbler
Rallus elegans — king rail
Sphyrapicus thyroideus — Williamson's sapsucker
Sterna dougallii — roseate tern
Strix occidentalis caurina — spotted owl, caurina subspecies
Tyto furcata (eastern population) — American barn owl
Chrysemys picta bellii (Pacific Coast population) — western painted turtle
Clemmys guttata — spotted turtle
Coluber constrictor foxii — blue racer
Contia tenuis — sharp-tailed snake
Dermochelys coriacea — leatherback seaturtle
Emydoidea blandingii (Nova Scotia population) — Blanding's turtle
Eumeces septentrionalis — prairie skink
Hypsiglena torquata — nightsnake
Acris crepitans — northern cricket frog
Ambystoma texanum — small-mouthed salamander
Ambystoma tigrinum (southern mountain population) — tiger salamander
Ascaphus montanus — Rocky Mountain tailed frog
Rana pipiens (southern mountain population) — northern leopard frog
Rana pretiosa — Oregon spotted frog
Acipenser transmontanus — white sturgeon
Catostomus catostomus subsp. — Salish sucker
Coregonus huntsmani — Atlantic whitefish
Coregonus reighardi — shortnose cisco
Gasterosteus sp. — benthic Enos Lake stickleback
Gasterosteus sp. — benthic Paxton Lake stickleback
Gasterosteus sp. — benthic Vananda Creek stickleback
Gasterosteus sp. — limnetic Enos Lake stickleback
Gasterosteus sp. — limnetic Paxton Lake stickleback
Gasterosteus sp. — limnetic Vananda Creek stickleback
Lampetra richardsoni var. marifuga — Morrison Creek lamprey
Moxostoma hubbsi — copper redhorse
Notropis anogenus — pugnose shiner
Noturus stigmosus — northern madtom
Rhinichthys cataractae subsp. — Nooksack dace
Salmo salar (Inner Bay of Fundy populations) — Atlantic salmon
Salvelinus fontinalis timagamiensis — aurora trout
Apodemia mormo (southern mountain population) — Mormon metalmark
Bombus affinis - rusty-patched bumble bee
Bombus bohemicus - gypsy cuckoo bumble bee
Brychius hungerfordi - Hungerford's crawling water beetle
Cicindela patruela - Northern Barrens tiger beetle
Coenonympha nipisiquit — maritime ringlet
Copablepharon fuscum — sand-verbena moth
Erynnis persius persius — eastern Persius duskywing
Erynnis martialis - mottled duskywing
Euphydryas editha taylori — Taylor's checkerspot
Gomphus ventricosus - skillet clubtail
Hemileuca sp. - bogbean buckmoth
Hesperia ottoe — Ottoe skipper
Papaipema aweme — Aweme borer
Icaricia saepiolus insulanus — island blue
Prodoxus quinquepunctellus — five-spotted bogus yucca moth
Satyrium semiluna — half-moon hairstreak
Schinia avemensis — gold-edged gem
Schinia bimatris — white flower moth
Somatochlora hineana - Hine's emerald
Stylurus amnicola - riverine clubtail
Stylurus laurae - Laura's clubtail
Stylurus olivaceus - olive clubtail
Tegeticula corruptrix — non-pollinating yucca moth
Tegeticula yuccasella — yucca moth
Allogona townsendiana — Oregon forestsnail
Epioblasma torulosa rangiana — northern riffleshell
Epioblasma triquetra — snuffbox
Haliotis kamtschatkana — northern abalone
Lampsilis fasciola — wavy-rayed lampmussel
Obovaria subrotunda — round hickorynut
Physella johnsoni — Banff Springs snail
Physella wrighti — hotwater physa
Pleurobema sintoxia — round pigtoe
Prophysaon coelureum — blue-grey taildropper slug
Ptychobranchus fasciolaris — kidneyshell
Simpsonaias ambigua — mudpuppy mussel
Villosa fabalis — rayed bean
Abronia umbellata — pink sand-verbena
Actaea elata — tall bugbane
Adiantum capillus-veneris — southern maidenhair fern
Agalinis aspera — rough agalinis
Agalinis gattingeri — Gattinger's agalinis
Agalinis skinneriana — Skinner's agalinis
Ammannia robusta — scarlet ammannia
Antennaria flagellaris — stoloniferous pussytoes
Aristida basiramea — forked three-awned grass
balsamorhiza deltoidea — deltoid balsamroot
Betula lenta — cherry birch
Braya longii — Long's braya
Buchnera americana — bluehearts
Camissonia contorta — contorted-pod evening-primrose
Carex lupuliformis — false hop sedge
Carex juniperorum — juniper sedge
Castanea dentata — American chestnut
Castilleja levisecta — golden paintbrush
Chimaphila maculata — spotted wintergreen
Cirsium pitcheri — Pitcher's thistle
Collomia tenella — slender collomia
Coreopsis rosea — pink coreopsis
Cryptantha minima — tiny cryptanthe
Cypripedium candidum — small white lady's-slipper
Drosera filiformis — thread-leaved sundew
Eleocharis equisetoides — horsetail spike-rush
Epilobium densiflorum — dense spike-primrose
Epilobium torreyi — brook spike-primrose
Frasera caroliniensis — American columbo
Gentiana alba — white prairie gentian
Geum peckii — eastern mountain avens
Isoetes engelmannii — Engelmann's quillwort
Isotria medeoloides — small whorled pogonia
Isotria verticillata — large whorled pogonia
Juglans cinerea — butternut
Juncus kelloggii — Kellogg's rush
Lespedeza virginica — slender bush-clover
Liparis liliifolia — purple twayblade
Lipocarpha micrantha — small-flowered lipocarpha
Lotus formosissimus — seaside bird's-foot lotus
Lotus pinnatus — bog bird's-foot trefoil
Lupinus densiflorus — dense-flowered lupine
Lupinus lepidus var. lepidus — prairie lupine
Lupinus rivularis — streambank lupine
Magnolia acuminata — cucumber tree
Meconella oregana — white meconella
Microseris bigelovii — coast microseris
Minuartia pusilla — dwarf sandwort
Morus rubra — red mulberry
Opuntia humifusa — eastern prickly pear cactus
Orthocarpus barbatus — Grand Coulee owl-clover
Orthocarpus bracteosus — rosy owl-clover
Panax quinquefolius — American ginseng
Pedicularis furbishiae — Furbish's lousewort
Phacelia ramosissima — branched phacelia
Physematium obtusum — blunt-lobed woodsia
Plantago cordata — heart-leaved plantain
Platanthera leucophaea — eastern prairie fringed-orchid
Platanthera praeclara — western prairie fringed-orchid
Polygala incarnata — pink milkwort
Psilocarphus brevissimus (southern mountain population) — dwarf woolly-heads
Psilocarphus elatior — tall woolly-heads
Pycnanthemum incanum — hoary mountain-mint
Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius — water-plantain buttercup
Rotala ramosior — toothcup
Salix jejuna — barrens willow
Sanicula arctopoides — bear's-foot sanicle
Silene scouleri grandis — coastal Scouler's catchfly
Silene spaldingii — Spalding's campion
Solidago speciosa — showy goldenrod
Stylophorum diphyllum — wood-poppy
Symphyotrichum frondosum — short-rayed alkali aster
Tephrosia virginiana — Virginia goat's-rue
Tonella tenella — small-flowered tonella
Trichophorum planifolium — bashful bulrush
Trillium flexipes — drooping trillium
Triphora trianthophora — nodding pogonia
Triphysaria versicolor versicolor — bearded owl-clover
Tripterocalyx micranthus — small-flowered sand-verbena
Triteleia howellii — Howell's triteleia
Viola pedata — bird's-foot violet
Bartramia stricta — rigid apple moss
Bryoandersonia illecebra — spoon-leaved moss
Entosthodon rubiginosus — rusty cord-moss
Fabronia pusilla — silver hair moss
Fissidens pauperculus — poor pocket moss
Scouleria marginata — margined streamside moss
Erioderma pedicellatum (Atlantic population) — boreal felt lichen
Heterodermia sitchensis — seaside centipede lichen
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Asia, China,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A thistle herb in the Asteraceae family found in temperate regions. It is grown for its edible root.
References (1)
- Zhang, L., et al, 2016, Ethnobotanical study of traditional edible plants used by the Naxi people during droughts. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 12:39