| Name | Cnicus carlinoides var. americanus A. Gray |
| Authorship | A. Gray |
| Rank | Variety |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Cnicus carlinoides A. Gray |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:61767-2 |
| Citation | 1874 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 48 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Cnicus carlinoides var. americanus A. Gray |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |