Musk Thistle
by Teresa Zieba
Title
Musk Thistle
Artist
Teresa Zieba
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Gorgeous musk thistle spotted in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA.
The Musk thistle or Nodding thistle (Carduus nutans) is a member of the sunflower family Asteraceae. It is a biennial herb with showy red-purple flowers and sharply spiny stems and leaves. It is native to much of Europe and Asia except for the far north.
Erect, spiny biennial with deeply lobed leaves and relatively large flowers that are pink to violet or purple in color. Musk thistle is similar in growth habit and appearance to Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare), however bull thistle has many hairs on the upper surface of the leaf blades unlike musk thistle which mostly lacks hairs.
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March 7th, 2013
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