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The flooding we had made some monster thistle! They were so mutated that they were a little creepy. Lol
Very unusual!
It looks like a cristate form of this 'thistle.' Here's a link to an article on this phenomenon in the Texas thistle (Cirsium texanum)
https://txtriffidranch.wordpress.com/tag...
You might want consider that species for this identification. I suggested C. nutans because of the individual flowers nearby - but it might be good to take close up pics of the individual non-cristate flowers to confirm the ID either way. (I've photographed cristate forms of the common mullein and hairy cat's ear but I've never seen cristate forms of thistles)
Spotted on May 30, 2015
Submitted on Jul 29, 2015
