• Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) is easy to identify by the bushy appearance with deeply double toothed leaf margins and very prominent hard spines. (msucares.com)
  • Blessed thistle (Cirsium vulgare) is an annual thistle that can grow up to 2 feet. (msucares.com)
  • I found some Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) a couple days prior, and knew the general area of which to find them, but I was unable to locate the plants in all the greenery when I went out. (blogspot.com)
  • Musk thistle (Carduus nutans) is also known as nodding thistle and it is probably one of the most common biennial this- tles found in southern pastures. (msucares.com)
  • This is the time of the year when we might start seeing thistles starting to grow in your annual and perennial pastures. (msucares.com)
  • There is a diversity of thistles that exist in pastures (Fig. 1) and they can be classified as a biennial and perennial species and can have a wide range of adaptation in the area (Fig. 2). (msucares.com)
  • Common thistle species found in pastures in the southern USA. (msucares.com)
  • Innumerable hybrids and cultivars of flowering crops have sprung from a whole bunch of 1000's of species. (my-plant.org)
  • In addition, there are numerous cultivars and hybrids you may come across that probably originated at a local garden center. (birdwatchinghq.com)
  • These biennial thistles will only reproduce by seed and depending on species, they can produce large seed heads from May to October with seed numbers of 8,000 to 120,000 seeds per plant and they can be easily transported by wind. (msucares.com)
  • Seeds are heavier than other thistle species and are not easily transported by wind. (msucares.com)
  • Thistle species distribution across the southern USA. (msucares.com)
  • Concerning the Norwegian onions, we received 118 tips from the public, 92 were received and 57 of these have been planted (13 species and hybrids). (edimentals.com)
  • Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) can form a dense stand and grow to 6 feet tall. (msucares.com)
  • Generally referred to as teasel, the erect, bushy crops produce lanceolate leaves and fuzzy, ovoid, terminal inflorescences above spiky bracts. (my-plant.org)
  • The teasel has prickly stems and thistle-like flowers that are blue to purple in color. (housegrail.com)
  • The seeds of this thistle are an excellent food source for goldfinches. (birdwatchinghq.com)
  • Although bull thistle seeds can germinate easily, seeding survival is very low. (msucares.com)
  • Boar thistle, or bull thistle, is a thistle, which means that it is spiney and can be painful to touch. (housegrail.com)
  • Bull Thistle is a common wildflower in South Carolina. (birdwatchinghq.com)
  • Bull thistle tends to flower later than other thistles from June to September. (msucares.com)
  • Prickly poppies have leaves like some thistles and allies, but they're very different plants in the Poppy Family (Papaveraceae). (inaturalist.org)
  • Rosettes (thistle forms a low-growing ring of leaves) tend to be dark green with a light green midrib, smooth leaves, and they can reach more than 2 feet in diameter. (msucares.com)
  • The leaves are oblong to lanceolate, smooth with shiny dark green color and a distinctive white pattern running along the veins. (msucares.com)
  • They can overwinter as a rosette while resuming their vegetative growth in the spring, bolt (the stage is when the thistle forms a stalk and prepares to flower), and flower. (msucares.com)
  • This thistle can flower from April to October. (msucares.com)
  • with the Western White ( P. occidentalis ) , it produces hybrids at low frequency. (github.io)
  • Bull thistle tends to flower later than other thistles from June to September. (msucares.com)
  • Although bull thistle seeds can germinate easily, seeding survival is very low. (msucares.com)
  • There was an abundance of English Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) . (blogspot.com)
  • ReGreen is a sterile, short-lived perennial wheat hybrid that can be planted spring or fall. (prairiemoon.com)
  • This is the time of the year when we might start seeing thistles starting to grow in your annual and perennial pastures. (msucares.com)
  • Perennial thistles are more difficult to control than biennial because they can reproduce by root or seed. (msucares.com)
  • In addition, there are numerous cultivars and hybrids you may come across that probably originated at a local garden center. (birdwatchinghq.com)
  • Songbirds and granivores such as finches, doves, many types of buntings, and even quail and wild turkey, will gravitate to the Coneflowers, Sunflowers, native Thistles, and legume family plants like White Wild Indigo, Partridge Pea, and Wild Senna. (prairiemoon.com)
  • The leaves are oblong to lanceolate, smooth with shiny dark green color and a distinctive white pattern running along the veins. (msucares.com)