Carduus nutans L. - Bastard Scotch thistle, Musk thistle, Nodding thistle

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Carduus nutans L. - Bastard Scotch thistle, Musk thistle, Nodding thistle

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Flora of New Zealand

Description

Annual or biennial.  Stems branched above, (15)–45–75–(250) cm tall, with sparse cobwebby and multicellular hairs below, becoming more densely cobwebby above, ribbed;  wing narrow between the deltoid to palmatifid clusters of teeth; spines 2–6 mm long.  Lvs narrow-oblong, deeply pinnatifid, (5)–8–18–(40) × 2.5–10 cm, glabrescent or with scattere...

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P.B. Heenan

URL

http://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/Taxon/Carduus-nutans.html

Related subjects

Asterales / Magnoliopsida / Compositae / Carduus

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