''Cirsium arisanense'' is an endemic flowering plant of Taiwan within the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. 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