Musk Thistle (Carduus thoermeri)

Musk Thistle

Carduus thoermeri

Weinm.
Cardo Pendiente

Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Class: Magnoliopsida
Phylum / Division: Magnoliophyta
Kingdom: Plantae

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Other common names: Cardo Del Caballo, Cardo Violeta, Cardo Azul, Flor Azul.

Synonyms: Carduus nutans.

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Number of Photography: 26

Photography ID: 663590
♂ ♀ Adult
Salta (Capital)
Salta
Argentina
12/14/2025
Eduardo Vicente Fumarola

Photography ID: 663469
Adult
Departamento Utracan
La Pampa
Argentina
12/13/2025
Hugo Alberto Valderrey

Photography ID: 638208
♂ ♀ Adult
Parque Nacional Lihué Calel
La Pampa
Argentina
11/08/2015
Hernán Tolosa

Photography ID: 620946
Adult
General Acha
La Pampa
Argentina
08/03/2024
Hugo Alberto Valderrey

Photography ID: 618040
Adult
Cabana, Unquillo
Córdoba
Argentina
01/09/2025
Manuel Eduardo Serra

Photography ID: 618039
Adult
Cabana, Unquillo
Córdoba
Argentina
01/09/2025
Manuel Eduardo Serra

Photography ID: 602775
Adult
San Carlos de Bariloche
Río Negro
Argentina
02/28/2018
Maria Belén Dri

Photography ID: 602700
Adult
La Falda
Córdoba
Argentina
10/27/2012
Walter Bustamante

Photography ID: 584070
Adult
Lacar
Neuquén
Argentina
01/18/2021
Tiziano Luka Pesci Rubilar

Photography ID: 577805
Adult
Ascensión
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/21/2023
Javier Villamil

Photography ID: 569630
Adult
Alto Vera
Itapúa
Paraguay
11/10/2022
Luis Cesar Tejo

Photography ID: 568499
Adult
Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi
Río Negro
Argentina
01/30/2024
Aluminé Sangorrín

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Number of Records: 33

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2401009

14/12/2025

Argentina

Salta

Parque del bicentenario, Salta (Capital)

Eduardo Vicente Fumarola

2400865

13/12/2025

Argentina

La Pampa

Laguna Quetre Huitrú, Departamento Utracan

Hugo Alberto Valderrey

2370580

30/09/2025

11:55

Argentina

Santa Fe

Reserva Natural Urbana del Oeste, Santa Fe

Gustavo Fernando Durán

2250813

14/02/2025

17:13

Argentina

Córdoba

Área de Guardaparques, Parque Nacional Quebrada del Condorito

Gustavo Fernando Durán

2231852

09/01/2025

Argentina

Córdoba

Reserva Natural Los Quebrachitos, Cabana, Unquillo

Manuel Eduardo Serra

2351378

04/12/2024

10:50

Argentina

Chubut

Futaleufú

Gustavo Fernando Durán

2183281

30/10/2024

Argentina

Córdoba

Camino a Capilla de los Remedios

Fabrizio García

2243285

03/08/2024

Argentina

La Pampa

General Acha, General Acha

Hugo Alberto Valderrey

1964285

30/01/2024

Argentina

Río Negro

Camino al Refugio Neumeyer, Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi

Aluminé Sangorrín

1937259

01/01/2024

Argentina

La Pampa

Cercanía a General Pico, General Pico

Fernanda Ferrari

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