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Pink flower that looks somewhat like a thistle.
I've assumed this was the lesser burdock (instead of greater burdock) because ...
A.K.A. Lesser Burdock. Resembling small thistle flowers. Bunched form, spiky ...
The flowers resemble and can be easily mistaken for thistles, but burdock can ...
Burdock spiny ball of bracts, born in clusters along the upper part of stem. ...
Attracts lots of pollinators; even though it's a weed and gets easily stuck in ...
Flowers are purple with disk flowers emerging from end of spiny ball of bracts. ...
HUGE leaves bigger than my head. Thin stems.
1-5 feet tall. Flowerheads purple to whitish with disk flowers emerging from ...
It can grow 1 to 5 feet tall and forms multiple branches. Flowers are prickly ...
Medium to tall plant that can be large and bushy. Base leaves are very large ...
1-5 feet tall, flower-head 1/2 to 1 inch wide. The seedpods have curved barbs ...