| Name | Cirsium virginense S. L. Welsh | 
| Authorship | S. L. Welsh | 
| Rank | Species | 
| Placed in | Cirsium Miller | 
| Citation | 1982 Great Basin Naturalist 42(2): 201–202 | 
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Cirsium virginense S. L. Welsh | 
| Identification made in | 1991 (1) |