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Family: Asteraceae
Welted Thistle Carduus crispus Flowering time: June - August. Biennial Grows on rough grassland, roadsides, hedgebanks and waste ground on neutral to calcareous soils Solitary or clustered reddish-purple flowerheads, the bracts are weakly spine-tipped. Achenes with simple pappus hairs. Spiny, pinnate leaves are cottony below. The erect, wavy stem with spine-tipped wings is cottony below the flower-heads. Height 30-120cm |
Welted Thistle, Carduus crispus
Dorset.