Cirsium Arisanense
''Cirsium arisanense'' is an endemic flowering plant of Taiwan within the family Asteraceae. Its common name in Chinese, the Alishan thistle (), as well as its species name, refer to the Alishan Range The Alishan Range ( zh, c=阿里山山脈, p=Ālǐ Shān Shānmài) is a mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan. It is separated by the Qishan River from the Yushan Range, the tallest range in Taiwan, to the east of the Alish .... ''C. arisanense'' grows at an elevation of 2,300 meters, near mountain summits. References * {{Taxonbar, from=Q15231328 arisanense Endemic flora of Taiwan Plants described in 1932 Taxa named by Shirō Kitamura ...
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Cirsium Tatakaense
''Cirsium'' is a genus of perennial and biennial flowering plants in the Asteraceae, one of several genera known commonly as thistles. They are more precisely known as plume thistles. These differ from other thistle genera (''Carduus'', ''Silybum'' and ''Onopordum'') in having a seed with a pappus of feathered hairs on their achenes. The other genera have a pappus of simple unbranched hairs. They are mostly native to Eurasia and northern Africa, with about 60 species from North America (although several species have been introduced outside their native ranges). The lectotype species of the genus is ''Cirsium heterophyllum'' (L.) Hill. ''Cirsium'' thistles are known for their effusive flower heads, usually purple, rose or pink, also yellow or white. The radially symmetrical disc flowers are at the end of the branches and are visited by many kinds of insects, featuring a generalised pollination syndrome. They have erect stems, with a characteristic enlarged base of the flower wh ...
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