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Cirsium texanum
Cirsium is a genus of perennial and biennial flowering plants in the Asteraceae, one of several genera known commonly as thistles. They are more accurately known as Plume thistles. These differ from other thistle genera in having feathered hairs to their achenes.
Riparian meadow near the edge of a bottomland hardwood forest.
This was in the second meadow on my wildflower walk.
Spotted on May 23, 2012
Submitted on May 25, 2012
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