Scientific Name
Cirsium muticum
Common Name
Swamp thistle
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
2 to 8 feet
Flower/fruit:
Rose-purple clustered flower heads; hollow flowering stem; sticky bracts are not tipped with spines
Flowering Season:
Summer into fall
Foliage:
Rosette of long-stalked, deeply incised leaves; pinnately cut into broad prickly segments; webby beneath
Site:
Swamps, wet woods, thickets
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