Cirsium palustre is a species in the
Cirsium genus.
It is commonly known as
marsh thistle, European swamp thistle
.
This name is accepted name for the species in
the family
Asteraceae
subfamily
Carduoideae,
tribe
Cynareae,
subtribe
Carduinae,
. This species is found in Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yugoslavia.