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Eryngium heterophyllum, Mexican thistle, turns to tumbleweed There are many of this plants on this place, my cousin told me that this plants made the tumbleweeds when dry climate comes Eryngium heterophyllum,Geotagged,Mexican thistle,Mexico Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Eryngium heterophyllum, Mexican thistle, turns to tumbleweed

There are many of this plants on this place, my cousin told me that this plants made the tumbleweeds when dry climate comes

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    It is most likely Eryngium heterophyllum - Mexican thistle.
    http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ERHE3     Posted 10 years ago
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    Thank you, let me see... Posted 10 years ago

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The Mexican thistle

Eryngium heterophyllum has a silvery thistle look. This large genus of mostly temperate regions resembles the thistles of the aster family (Asteraceae) in their prickliness, but the flowers reveal that these species belong to the carrot family.

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Similar species: Ginseng And Carrots
Species identified by WildFlower
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Uploaded Sep 19, 2014. Captured Sep 19, 2014 14:57 in San Francisco 23, La Purísima, 37980 San José Iturbide, Guanajuato, Mexico.
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  • COOLPIX L16
  • f/9.3
  • 1/154s
  • ISO64
  • 17.1mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.