Flower/fruit:
1.5 to 2 inch, purple-pink flower head; resembles a shaving brush;
borne solitary or in groups of two or three; stiff, rigid, yellow
tipped spines on the bracts
Flowering
Season: Summer into fall
Foliage:
Spiny, irregular, deep lobed
leaves; pale or woolly underside; have bases that extend as wings
along the stem
