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A tall stout biennial thistle with erect, spiny stem, branched above.
Flowers.
June-Jul.
Size.
30-150 cm (short-tall)
Flower Blossom.
60 mm dia.. The flowerheads are up to 60 mm across, with a tuft of purple florets. The stiff bracts surrounding the flowerheads narrow to spines, but remain below and narrower that the flowerheads [compared to the Milk Thistle where the long bract spines extend well beyond the flower-heads].
Leaves.
Stalkless narrow leaves with deep spine-tipped lobes; up to 15 cm long.
Habitat.
Waste ground, roadsides and field edges, olive groves, open woodland.
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