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Solanum rostratum
I was almost certain that this was Yellow Star Thistle, but the blooms are all wrong! So I have no idea. To me, the blooms look similar to the purple ones of the Silver Night Shade. But look at all those mean thorns!
Spotted on Sep 16, 2012
Submitted on Sep 17, 2012
4 Comments
Your welcome!
You were on the right track with the flowers. Buffalo burr is in the nightshade family. Many Solanums have thorns or prickles.
Thank you VineWorld for the ID! =D Guess I was trying to hard with the name. Lol!
It's Buffalo Bur, Solanum rostratum. Funny you thought thistle and nightshade, it has more common names referring to these lol. Good pictures!