wild flowers in fife & kinross - Fife Coast and Countryside Trust

ASTERACEAE
Echinops sp. Globe Thistle
A rare throw-out or relic, assumed to be E. sphaerocephalus.
[Arctium lappa Great Burdock]
Error.
Arctium nemorosum Lesser Burdock
Common, infrequent in Kinross. (N.B. A. minus may also be present).
Carduus tenuiflorus Slender Thistle
Uncommon, coastal, usually in small numbers; perhaps declining.
Carduus crispus Welted Thistle
Common on waste ground and banks, but absent from some areas.
Carduus nutans Musk Thistle
Rare, transient; may be merely casual.
Cirsium vulgare Spear Thistle
Very common.
Cirsium heterophyllum Melancholy Thistle
Very local, although often in quantity, as in Lethan’s Den near Saline.
Cirsium palustre Marsh Thistle
Very common; the most likely white thistle to be found.
Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle
Very common, a bad weed.
Onopordum acanthium Cotton Thistle
Infrequently established, as at Limekilns and Burntisland in 19th century,
currently at Balmerino; otherwise a rare casual.
Centaurea scabiosa Greater Knapweed
Infrequent; near Lower Largo; not in the west nor Kinross.
Centaurea montana Perennial Cornflower
An occasional throw-out, established here and there.
Centaurea cyanus Cornflower
A former cornfield weed, now introduced in seed mixtures in some parts.