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Virtual WeedPatch
Weed ID
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Composite (Compositae) Family
Bull Thistle (Circium vulgare)
Imagine you are an animal grazing in a pasture. When you get near bull
thistle your mouth, gums and face get poked with their long spines, not
much fun to eat. Here is a pasture that has been grazed but for the bull
thistle:
Seedlings appear:
As time goes on the seedling forms a rosette, the first part of its biennial
life cycle:
Leaves are spiny, with the leaf base extending down the stem, a winged appearance:
The spines on each side of the leaf line up in a row:
Flowers are very beautiful:
My old pet goat daisy looks on warily at the tall mature flowering bull
thistle plant:
