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About 4 feet tall, the flower itself is about 3 to 4 inches in diameter.
Musk Thistle (Carduus
Purple flowers with very prickly, gray-green leaves and stems, 3-5 feet tall
Musk Thistle (AKA: Nodding Thistle or Nodding Plumeless Thistle) wildflower ...
There's a Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird Moth in the first picture.
A tall thistle with spiny leaves and dropping purple flowers.
musk thistle is considered an invasive species in North America
Spotted these gorgeous Musk Thistle flowers early morning along the roadside ...
Approximately 36" tall, growing in a valley of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.
Most people consider these weeds. I see them as works of art!
A really beautiful plant, in the second picture you can see the flower.
Quite sharp and thorny Was about two feet tall Single flower head on this one
These are in bloom along roads in abandoned-looking fields. The plants I have ...
The Musk thistle or Nodding thistle is a member of the sunflower family ...
Multiple stages of blooms on a Musk Thistle caught on the same plant at the ...
A member of the sunflower family. Large basal plant base , tall branching stem, ...
About 10 inches wide. Growing low to ground. Near raised garden beds. Looks ...
A very spiky flower. Thank you KarenSaxton for the ID!
Musk Thistle can get very tall, up around six feet. Huge purple heads and spiky ...
Musk thistles have large single purple flowers (actually, the big globe that ...
The first picture is the exact same flower as my other "Musk Thistle" spotting, ...
