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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

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Cirsium scariosum

Elk Thistle

ID: 0306293
Elk Thistle
Malheur NF, Wickiup Cr, OR
June 21, 2003
Copyright © 2003, Mark Turner
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Cirsium scariosum (Elk Thistle)