| Common Name: | Bull Thistle |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Cirsium |
| Species: | vulgare |
| Classification/Rank: | Invasive |
| Method of Transportation: | |
| Habitat/Range: | Mesic to dry roadsides, fields, pastures and disturbed areas in the lowland, steppe and montane zones |
• biennial herb that grows 0.3-2.0 m tall • stems are erect, branched, and hairy • leaves are lobed, lance shaped, spiny-hairy above and white to grey-woolly below; upper stem leaves are reduced in size • flowers are purple, and several heads occur solitarily at the end of branches
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