【蓟属】
蓟属（学名：Cirsium）、俗称鸡鵤刺（ke-kak-tshì），属于菊科，是多年生植物，至少150种，分布于北温带。其中较多见的为大蓟，是苏格兰国花。学名Cirsium来源于希腊语“kirsos”。
蓟属被某些鳞翅目物种的幼虫用作食用植物-参见List of Lepidoptera that feed on Cirsium。 种子对美国金翅雀等小雀科很有吸引力。
大多数物种通常根据农业利益被视为杂草。 翼蓟（又名欧洲蓟）在美国的9个州被列为有害野草 。 为了美观和/或支持pollinators，例如蝴蝶，特别是在花园和野花种植中种植了某些物种。
==医学用途==
*止血
*消肿
== 物种 ==
Cirsium arizonicum
Cirsium canum
蓟花上的熊蜂
翼蓟 Cirsium vulgare
* Cirsium acarna - Soldier Thistle
* Cirsium acaule - Stemless Thistle, Dwarf Thistle
* Cirsium altissimum - Roadside Thistle, Tall Thistle
* Cirsium amblylepis - Mt. Tamalpais Thistle
* Cirsium andersonii - Anderson's Thistle, Rose Thistle
* Cirsium andrewsii - Franciscan Thistle
* Cirsium araneans - Jeweled Thistle
* Cirsium arcuum - Powderpuff Thistle
* Cirsium aridum - Desert Thistle
* Cirsium arizonicum - Arizona Thistle
* Cirsium arvense - Creeping Thistle, Field Thistle, Canada Thistle
**Cirsium arvense var.argenteum
**Cirsium arvense var. integrifolium
**Cirsium arvense var. mite
**Cirsium arvense var. vestitum
* Cirsium barnebyi - Barneby's Thistle
* Cirsium brachycephalum
* Cirsium brevifolium - Palouse Thistle
* Cirsium brevistylum - Clustered Thistle
* Cirsium calcareum - Cainville Thistle
* Cirsium californicum - California Thistle
* Cirsium callilepis - Fringebract Thistle
* Cirsium campylon - Mount Hamilton Thistle
* Cirsium canescens - Platte Thistle, Prairie Thistle
* Cirsium canovirens - Graygreen Thistle
* Cirsium canum - Queen Anne's Thistle
* Cirsium carolinianum - Carolina Thistle, Soft Thistle
* Cirsium caulescens
* Cirsium centaureae
* Cirsium chellyense - Queen Thistle
* Cirsium chuskaense - Monarch Thistle
* Cirsium ciliolatum - Ashland Thistle
* Cirsium clavatum - Lake Thistle
* Cirsium clokeyi - Charleston Mountain Thistle, Whitespine Thistle
* Cirsium congdonii - Rosette Thistle
* Cirsium costaricense
* Cirsium coulteri - Coulter’s Thistle
* Cirsium crassicaule - Slough Thistle
* Cirsium cymosum - Peregrine Thistle
* Cirsium diacanthum
* Cirsium discolor - Field Thistle, Pasture Thistle
* Cirsium dissectum - Meadow Thistle
* Cirsium douglasii
* Cirsium drummondii - Dwarf Thistle
* Cirsium durangense
* Cirsium eatonii - Eaton's Thistle
* Cirsium edule - Edible Thistle
* Cirsium engelmannii - Engelmann Thistle, Engelmann's Thistle
* Cirsium eriophorum - Woolly Thistle
* Cirsium erisithales - Yellow Melancholy Thistle
* Cirsium esculentum
* Cirsium flodmanii - Flodman Thistle, Flodman's Thistle
* Cirsium foliosum - Drummond's Thistle, Elk Thistle, Leafy Thistle, Meadow Thistle
* Cirsium fontinale - Fountain Thistle
* Cirsium gilense - Gila Thistle
* Cirsium grahamii - Graham's Thistle
* Cirsium griseum - Gray Thistle
* Cirsium hallii - Hall's Thistle
* Cirsium helenioides - Melancholy Thistle, Common Melancholy Thistle
* Cirsium heterophyllum - Melancholy Thistle
* Cirsium hillii - Hill's Thistle
* Cirsium hookerianum - White Thistle
* Cirsium horridulum - Yellow Thistle
* Cirsium humboldtense - Humboldt County Thistle
* Cirsium hydrophilum - Suisun Thistle
* Cirsium hypoleucum
* Cirsium inornatum - Cloudcroft Thistle
* 南国小蓟 Cirsium japonicum
* Cirsium kamtschaticum - Kamchatka Thistle
* Cirsium kawakamii - Yushan Thistle (玉山蓟)
* Cirsium lanatum - Hairy Thistle
* Cirsium laterifolium - Porcupine Thistle
* Cirsium lecontei - Le Conte's Thistle
* Cirsium leo
* Cirsium libanoticum
* Cirsium loncholepis - LaGraciosa Thistle
* Cirsium longistylum - Longstyle Thistle
* Cirsium maritimum
* Cirsium mendocinum - Mendocino Thistle
* Cirsium mexicanum - Mexican Thistle
* Cirsium modestum - Lacy Thistle
* Cirsium mohavense - Mojave Thistle
* Cirsium murdockii - Murdock's Thistle
* Cirsium muticum - Swamp Thistle
* Cirsium navajoense - Navajo Thistle
* Cirsium neomexicanum - Lavender Thistle, New Mexico Thistle
* Cirsium nipponicum
* Cirsium nuttallii - Nuttall's Thistle
* Cirsium occidentale -Cobweb Thistle
* Cirsium ochrocentrum - Yellowspine Thistle
* Cirsium oleraceum - Cabbage thistle
* Cirsium olivescens - Summer Thistle
* Cirsium oreophilum - Crow Thistle
* Cirsium osterhoutii - Osterhout's Thistle
* Cirsium ownbeyi - Ownbey's Thistle
* Cirsium pallidum - Pale Thistle
* Cirsium palustre - Marsh thistle, European Swamp Thistle
* Cirsium parryi - Parry's Thistle
* Cirsium pastoris - Snowy Thistle
* Cirsium peckii - Steen Mountain Thistle
* Cirsium pendulum
* Cirsium perplexans - Rocky Mountain Thistle
* Cirsium pitcheri - Pitcher's Thistle, Sand Dune Thistle
* Cirsium praeteriens - Palo Alto Thistle, Lost Thistle
* Cirsium proteanum - Red Thistle
* Cirsium pulcherrimum - Wyoming Thistle
* Cirsium pumilum - Pasture Thistle
* Cirsium pyrenaicum
* Cirsium quercetorum - Alameda County Thistle
* Cirsium remotifolium - Fewleaf Thistle
**Cirsium remotifolium var. remotifolium - Fewleaf Thistle
* Cirsium repandum - Sandhill Thistle
* Cirsium rhaphilepis
* Cirsium rhothophilum - Surf Thistle
* Cirsium rivulare
* Cirsium rothrockii - Rothrock's Thistle
* Cirsium rusbyi - Rusby's Thistle
* Cirsium rydbergii - Rydberg's Thistle
* Cirsium scabrum - Rough Thistle
* Cirsium scapanolepis - Mountain Slope Thistle
* Cirsium scariosum - Meadow Thistle
* Cirsium scopulorum - Mountain Thistle
* Cirsium segetum
* Cirsium serrulatum
* Cirsium spinosissimum
* Cirsium subniveum - Gray Thistle, Jackson Hole Thistle
* Cirsium tanakae
* Cirsium texanum - Texas Thistle
* Cirsium tioganum - Stemless Thistle
* Cirsium tuberosum - Tuberous Thistle.  Similar to  Cirsium dissectum (Meadow Thistle).
* Cirsium turneri - Cliff Thistle
* Cirsium undulatum - Gray Thistle, Wavy-leaf Thistle, Wavyleaf Thistle
**Cirsium undulatum var. tracyi - Tracy's Thistle, Wavyleaf Thistle
**Cirsium undulatum var. undulatum - Wavyleaf Thistle
* Cirsium validus - Graceful Thistle
* Cirsium vernale - Spring Thistle
* Cirsium vinaceum - Sacramento Mountain Thistle, Sacramento Mountains Thistle
* Cirsium virginense - Virgin Thistle
* Cirsium virginianum - Virginia Thistle
* Cirsium vulgare - Bull Thistle, Spear Thistle, Common Thistle, Fuller's Thistle (syn. C. lanceolatum)
* Cirsium wheeleri - Wheeler's Thistle
* Cirsium wrightii - Wright's Thistle
杂交种
*Cirsium × canalense - Canal Thistle
*Cirsium × crassum - Thistle
*Cirsium × erosum - Glory Thistle
*Cirsium × iowense - Iowa Thistle
*Cirsium × vancouverense - Vancouver Thistle
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