Musk Thistle (Carduus nutans)

also known as: Nodding Thistle or Nodding Plumeless Thistle


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Division - Magnoliaphyta
Class - Magnoliopsida
Subclass - Asteridae
Order - Asterales
Family - Asteraceae
Genus - Cardus


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The plants on this page and the next are of an infestation on Weccacoe Ave., photographed over the course of three years.

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