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Common Teasel

Scientific Name

Dipsacus fullonum L. (ITIS)

Common Name

Common teasel, wild teasel, Fuller's teasel, venuscup teasel

Synonym

Dipsacus sylvestris Huds. (ITIS)

Native To

Europe (Gucker 2009)

Date of U.S. Introduction

First cultivated in the U.S. during the 1800s (Gucker 2009)

Means of Introduction

Was cultivated for use in textile processing, or may have been introduced accidentally with other varieties of teasel (Gucker 2009; Bentivegna and Smeda 2008)

Impact

Crowds out native species (Gucker 2009)

Common teasel
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Common teasel, old seed head

Credit

Photo by Steve Dewey; Utah State University

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