⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record gcc-44417, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Carduus nutans subsp. subacaulis .
The record derives from TICA which reports it as a synonym (record 719FEAA6-87CC-4FD5-A4E2-524C3929AB32
).