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195. Purple to rosy lavender disk flowers in disk heads. June--August
Leaf bases of middle and upper leaves extend down the stem
for more than 3/8 inch, frequently to the next lower leaf.
Plant densely covered with matted white hairs. 16--39 in.
Yellow-spined thistle
Cirsium ochrocentrum
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