Cirsium wallichii DC.

SIR-see-um -- Greek kirsion (kind of thistle) ... Dave's Botanary
wall-IK-ee-eye -- named for Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, Danish plant hunter, botanist and physician ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Wallich's thistle • Dogri: भुस्स bhuss, बगूल bagul • Hindi: बूंगसी bungsee • Nepali: ढाडे काँडा dhaade kaandaa, सुङ्गुरे काँडा sunggure kaandaa, थकाल thakaal • Rajasthani: ब्रह्मदण्डी brahmadandi


botanical names: Cirsium wallichii DC. ... synonyms: Cirsium macracanthum Sch.Bip. • Cirsium nepalense DC. • Cnicus wallichii (DC.) C.B.Clarke ... and more at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

Wallich's thistle

• Flowers of India
• this species named for Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, early 19th century Danish plant hunter, botanist and physician, who worked in India ... read more about him at Wikipedia

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

भुस्स bhuss, बगूल bagul

• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with these names ... facebook

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

बूंगसी bungsee

• ENVIS - FRLHT

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

ढाडे काँडा dhaade kaandaa, सुङ्गुरे काँडा sunggure kaandaa, थकाल thakaal

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~

ब्रह्मदण्डी brahmadandi

• Floristic Composition of Beer Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve of Rajasthan, India by Manju Chaudhary and S.K. Shringi
• found also written as ब्रह्मदंडी brahmadandi

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