Cirsium vulgare

Spear Thistle at Paddys River, ACT

Cirsium vulgare at Paddys River, ACT - 28 Dec 2017
Cirsium vulgare at Paddys River, ACT - 28 Dec 2017
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Identification history

Cirsium vulgare 2 Jan 2018 BettyDonWood
Cirsium vulgare 1 Jan 2018 RodDeb

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Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • True In flower
  • 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

Species information

  • Cirsium vulgare Scientific name
  • Spear Thistle Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Medium weed or pest
  • Up to 1389.77m Recorded at altitude
  • 176 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower

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