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Common thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Photo by KarenL
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

Growing wild in our grass. The bud is just about to emerge.

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Cirsium vulgare

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Comments (2)
KarenL
Thanks Yasser! I thought it looked quite exotic for a common old thistle!
Yasser
It looks like an explosion of color. Wonderful photo!

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Flowers of North America
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Fall Into Phenology
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2011

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