Cicerbita alpina (L.) Wallr.
(Alpine Blue Sow-thistle, Alpine Blue-sow-thistle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCicerbita alpina (Alpine Blue Sow-thistle, Alpine Blue-sow-thistle)
GenusCicerbita (blue sow-thistles)
TribeLactuceae (“dandelions”)
SubfamilyLACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bush, R. 2003 Alpine Sow-thistle Vol 14, No 6. Page: 432

Cicerbita alpina (Alpine Blue Sow-thistle, Alpine Blue-sow-thistle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cicerbita alpina (Alpine Blue Sow-thistle, Alpine Blue-sow-thistle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cicerbita alpina (Alpine Blue Sow-thistle, Alpine Blue-sow-thistle)
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