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Horrid Thistle (Cirsium horridulum) - Pale Yellow variant This is definitely one of my favorite native flowers, and I don&#039;t think it gets nearly enough attention. Its defensive spikes can be quite painful if touched, but this plant is a pollinator favorite! Not only is it a host plant to The Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) and The Little Metalmark (Calephelis virginiensis), but it attracts many other pollinators!<br /> <br /> Growing at a wetland edge. <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77550/horrid_thistle_cirsium_horridulum_-_pale_yellow_variant.html" title="Horrid Thistle (Cirsium horridulum) - Pale Yellow variant"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/77550_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=A0pw6bBZWRmo7PIFwtiuozisNGg%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Horrid Thistle (Cirsium horridulum) - Pale Yellow variant This is definitely one of my favorite native flowers, and I don&#039;t think it gets nearly enough attention. Its defensive spikes can be quite painful if touched, but this plant is a pollinator favorite! Not only is it a host plant to The Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) and The Little Metalmark (Calephelis virginiensis), but it attracts many other pollinators!<br /> <br /> Growing at a wetland edge.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77552/horrid_thistle_cirsium_horridulum_-_pale_yellow_variant.html Bristly thistle,Cirsium horridulum,Geotagged,Spring,United States" /></a></figure> Bristly thistle,Cirsium horridulum,Geotagged,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Horrid Thistle (Cirsium horridulum) - Pale Yellow variant

This is definitely one of my favorite native flowers, and I don't think it gets nearly enough attention. Its defensive spikes can be quite painful if touched, but this plant is a pollinator favorite! Not only is it a host plant to The Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) and The Little Metalmark (Calephelis virginiensis), but it attracts many other pollinators!

Growing at a wetland edge.

Horrid Thistle (Cirsium horridulum) - Pale Yellow variant This is definitely one of my favorite native flowers, and I don't think it gets nearly enough attention. Its defensive spikes can be quite painful if touched, but this plant is a pollinator favorite! Not only is it a host plant to The Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) and The Little Metalmark (Calephelis virginiensis), but it attracts many other pollinators!<br /> <br /> Growing at a wetland edge.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/77552/horrid_thistle_cirsium_horridulum_-_pale_yellow_variant.html Bristly thistle,Cirsium horridulum,Geotagged,Spring,United States

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    Christine Young
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    Very cool! Posted 6 years ago

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The Bristly thistle

''Cirsium horridulum'', called bristly thistle, is a North American species of plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family. The species is native to the eastern and southern United States from New England to Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma as well as to Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and the Bahamas.

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Similar species: Asterales
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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Uploaded Apr 16, 2019. Captured Apr 15, 2019 03:41 in 21 North Dr, Armuchee, GA 30105, USA.
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