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Cirsium horridulum
A tall branching stem with large yellow or red-purple flower heads and very spiny, clasping leaves. It grows 1-5 1/2 feet tall, and the leaves are 8-24 inches long.
Often found along the edges of salt marshes, it is also a pasture weed in the South, where it is frequently red-purple instead of yellow. Growing on a pond dam (old rice plantation) at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge.
It was starting to bloom in very early March, which seemed odd.
Spotted on Mar 3, 2013
Submitted on Mar 9, 2013
