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Le Conte's Thistle?

Cirsium lecontei

Photo by barbarossa
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28.657, -81.2262

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Occurs only in sandy, damp pineland soils and pine savannahs. Rare throughout its native range in the southeast US.

This could be a Nuttall's thistle that has just been mowed too many times and stopped branching when flowering. If anyone can tell the difference let me know!

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Flowers of the Southeastern United States
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Flowers of North America
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PublishedMarch 24, 2013

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