Cirsium acaule

Unique stemless thistle with purple-red flower heads, growing directly from a spiky rosette. Ideal for dry, calcareous meadows.

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Cirsium acaule

Unique stemless thistle with purple-red flower heads, growing directly from a spiky rosette. Ideal for dry, calcareous meadows.

Cirsium acaule in the garden

  • wildlife: for bees for butterflies

botanical information about Cirsium acaule

  • Botanical name: Cirsium acaule
  • Genus: Cirsium
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Other names: aarddistel
  • origin: Europe

Features Cirsium acaule

height: 10-30 cm
flowering: July - September
color: violet
leaf color: greenish white, gray-green
habit: rosette
growth: fast
level: easy
light: full sun, sunny, morning sun, evening sun
moisture: very dry, dry, average
soil texture: highly permeable, pervious
organic matter: none to little
pH: neutral, limy
winter zone: 4 [-30°C]
density: 8 - 12