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Purple Milk Thistle

Galactites tomentosa

Photo by InêsVeloso
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

About 1m high.
Purple spiny petals. The underside of the leaves are hairy and de sides have thorns.

Habitat:

At a pine tree forest.

Notes:

Hermaphrodite.

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