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• n  stout North American thistle with purplish-pink flower heads

• Cirsium discolor

News & Articles

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• ORRIN MORRIS: Field thistle’s height can exceed six feet
  One should approach all thistles with caution. This field thistle does not have spines on the stem like the bull thistle or the nodding thistle but the leaves are armed to make life miserable for intruders.
  Oct. 17, 2013 - Newton Citizen