薊屬（學名：_Cirsium_），屬於菊科，是多年生植物，至少 150 種，分布於北溫帶。其中較多見的為大薊，是蘇格蘭國花。學名 _Cirsium_ 來源於希臘語「kirsos」。

薊屬被某些鱗翅目物種的幼蟲用作食用植物 - 參見以薊屬為食的鱗翅目的列表。 種子對美國金翅雀等小雀科很有吸引力。

大多數物種通常根據農業利益被視為雜草。 翼薊（又名歐洲薊）在美國的 9 個州被列為有害野草 。 為了美觀和 / 或支持授粉者，例如蝴蝶，特別是在花園和野花種植中種植了某些物種。



醫學用途


* 止血

* 消腫



下屬物種

本屬包括以下物種：


* _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

* 南國小薊 _Cirsium japonicum_

* _Cirsium kamtschaticum_ - Kamchatka Thistle

* 玉山薊 _Cirsium kawakamii_ - Yushan Thistle

* _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

* 沼生垂頭薊 _Cirsium paludigenum_ Y. F. Lu, Z. H. Chen et X. F. Jin

* _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. 類似於 _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

* 翼薊 _Cirsium vulgare_ - Bull Thistle, Spear Thistle, Common Thistle, Fuller's Thistle (異名：_C. lanceolatum_ )

* _Cirsium wheeleri_ - Wheeler's Thistle

* _Cirsium wrightii_ - Wright's Thistle

* _Cirsium yezoense_ (Maxim.) Makino

* 浙江垂頭薊 _Cirsium zhejiangense_ Z. H．Chen et X. Jin

雜交種


* _Cirsium × canalense_ - Canal Thistle

* _Cirsium × crassum_ - Thistle

* _Cirsium × erosum_ - Glory Thistle

* _Cirsium × iowense_ - Iowa Thistle

* _Cirsium × vancouverense_ - Vancouver Thistle



參考文獻



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外部連結


* （簡體中文）中國數字植物標本館中的相關內容：薊屬