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Genus

Red Yellow White Blue Orange Green / Brown

3 or 6 petals 4 petals 5 irregular petals 5 symmetrical petals (ovary superior) 5 symmetrical petals (ovary inferior) 5 irregular petals forming a tube 5 symmetrical petals forming a tube 5 petals joined into a bell

All composites Anthemis tribe Aster tribe Chicory tribe Thistle tribe Thoroughwort tribe Sunflower tribe Everlasting tribe Senecio tribe

Many petals No obvious petals

January February March April May June July August September October November

Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest

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Eastern Washington and Oregon in Bloom

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Turner Photographics - Wildflowers

Cirsium cymosum

Peregrine Thistle blossoms detail

ID: 0402965
Peregrine Thistle blossoms detail
Siskiyou Co. Klamath R (Rt 96/263 jct), CA
April 16, 2004
Copyright © 2004, Mark Turner
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Cirsium cymosum (Peregrine Thistle)