Field Thistle

(Cirsium discolor)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habit: Erect, robust biennial or perennial

Root anatomy: Extensive fibrous roots from taproot

Leaf anatomy: Alternately arranged, pinnately dissected, elliptic, linear lobes

Reproduction: Flower heads few to many per plant, lavender to purple corolla; achene fruit

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Baryon and Michael S. DeFelice}