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|apex arrangement=radiating
|apex course=flexuous
|apex orientation=ascending
|apex shape=entire
|apex width=narrow
|array architecture=corymbiform
|base coloration=dark-brown
|base duration=persistent
|base orientation=appressed
|base position=distalmost;outer
|base shape=decurrent
|blade shape=oblong;elliptic;oblanceolate;divided
|bract shape=spiny-pectinate
|caudex architecture=branched
|collar variability=differentiated
|corolla coloration=white;pink;pink-purple
|cypsela coloration=brown
|cypsela size=4
|face architecture=winged-petiolate;sessile
|face arrangement=distributed
|face count=present
|face external texture=glabrous;tomentose;villous;glabrescent;glabrous
|face other=principal
|face other or position=proximal
|face position=adaxial;basal;cauline;mid;distal
|face size=reduced
|head arrangement=crowded
|head orientation=erect
|involucre external texture=arachnoid;glabrate
|involucre shape=ovoid
|lobe shape=linear;linear-lanceolate;spinulose;spiny-dentate;lobed
|phyllary arrangement=imbricate
|phyllary coloration=green
|phyllary shape=linear-lanceolate
|ridge development=developed
|spine size=slender;slender
|stem architecture=simple;branched
|stem external texture=glabrous;arachnoid;villous
|stem orientation=erect
|trichome architecture=jointed
|vein size=taxonname-major
|whole organism life style=perennial
|wing architecture or shape=spiny
|flowering time=summerjun;jul;aug;
|habitat=stony soils in sparsely vegetated areas of pinyon-juniper woodlands , sagebrush scrub , arid grasslands , and riparian scrub , in dry sites or on seeps
}}
Cirsium ownbeyi is endemic to the eastern side of the Uintah Mountains in northeastern Utah, southwestern Wyoming, and northwestern Colorado. It is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.
apex arrangement	radiating +
apex course	flexuous +
apex orientation	ascending +
apex shape	entire +
apex width	narrow +
array architecture	corymbiform +
base coloration	dark-brown +
base duration	persistent +
base orientation	appressed +
base position	distalmost + and outer +
base shape	decurrent +
blade shape	oblong +, elliptic +, oblanceolate + and divided +
bract shape	spiny-pectinate +
caudex architecture	branched +
collar variability	differentiated +
corolla coloration	white +, pink + and pink-purple +
cypsela coloration	brown +
cypsela size	4 +
face architecture	winged-petiolate + and sessile +
face arrangement	distributed +
face count	present +
face external texture	glabrous +, tomentose +, villous + and glabrescent +
face other	principal +
face other or position	proximal +
face position	adaxial +, basal +, cauline +, mid + and distal +
face size	reduced +
flowering time	jul +, aug + and summerjun +
habitat	stony soils in sparsely vegetated areas of pinyon-juniper woodlands , sagebrush scrub , arid grasslands , and riparian scrub , in dry sites or on seeps +
head arrangement	crowded +
head orientation	erect +
involucre external texture	arachnoid + and glabrate +
involucre shape	ovoid +
lobe shape	linear +, linear-lanceolate +, spinulose +, spiny-dentate + and lobed +
phyllary arrangement	imbricate +
phyllary coloration	green +
phyllary shape	linear-lanceolate +
ridge development	developed +
spine size	slender +
stem architecture	simple + and branched +
stem external texture	glabrous +, arachnoid + and villous +
stem orientation	erect +
trichome architecture	jointed +
vein size	taxonname-major +
whole organism life style	perennial +
wing architecture or shape	spiny +