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Absolutely picture postcard thistle...like ...
Plant around 6ft tall covered in thorns. Topped with ball covered in thorns ...
Biennial Flower: Summer/Fall; disc, Purplish; rays, absent; bisexual; inferior ...
This weed grew unnoticed behind our rose bushes. The entire
Long pointed leaves. Appears to have thin sharp spines on stalk and leaves. ...
The thistle is considered a nuisance ...
The whole plant is covered with flat thorns, very sharp.
Seen outside an apartment complex in New Jersey
Part of the large and varied cirsium family, this one grows to around 50cm and ...