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Cirsium arvense

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Cirsium arvense
Common Names Canada thistle
Family Composites, Sunflower
Flower Color Purple
Plant Type Herb
Short Description Perennial, deep-seated creeping underground roots. Leaves: Spiny, pinnatifid
Location McCall
Native No
Weed Noxious

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Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Canada thistle produces alot of bristly-plumed seeds. These seed spread by the wind.

For additional information please send an e-mail request to:
Dr. Clinton C. Shock
Clinton.Shock@oregonstate.edu

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595 Onion Avenue
Ontario, OR 97914
(541) 889-2174
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