Common name: Horrible Thistle
Latin name: Cirsium horridulum Michx.
Family: Asteraceae
Life Cycle: Annual or Biennial
Type: Broadleaf
Description: Winter annual or biennial weed with a solitary, terminal head on the flowering stem. Corollas rosy lavender, but can also be yellow which is more prominent in southeast Texas.
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