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Dwarf thistle

Cirsium acaulon

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Field Notes

Description:

Appears like a crawling herbaceous perennial, or a disorderly mass of thistle-like leaves and thistle-like flowerheads thrown together on a heap. Flowerheads grows directly from the rosette, they are stemless.

Habitat:

Montane pastures.

Notes:

Important melliferous plant on montane and alpine pastures.

Reference Links:

FLOREALPES : Cirsium acaulon / Cirse acaule / Asteraceae / Fiche détaillée Fleu…

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Tukup
Stemless flower. Weird. Thanks Zlatan.

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PublishedOctober 20, 2020

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