Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Engelmann's Thistle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cirsium texanum
- Cirsium altissimum
- Cirsium discolor
- Cirsium flodmanii
- Cirsium nuttallii
- Cirsium virginianum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cirsium
- Species
- Cirsium engelmannii
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