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Texas Thistle

Cirsium texanum

Description:

The Texas thistle grows 2-5 feet tall, without branches, or sparingly branched near the top. The numerous leaves are alternate, 4-9 inches long, smaller on the upper third of the stem. Leaves are green above and white below, with a woolly texture on the underside. The irregular lobes have spines at the tip but few elsewhere on the leaf. There is 1 flower head to a stem, with no ray flowers but numerous disk flowers, which are deep rose-lavendert.

Habitat:

Grassy area at base of Belton Dam.

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joanbstanley
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joanbstanley

Texas, USA

Spotted on Jun 16, 2014
Submitted on Jul 24, 2014

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