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Sighting 4363969

Carthamus lanatus

Saffron Thistle at Downer, ACT

Carthamus lanatus at Downer, ACT - 28 Dec 2020
Carthamus lanatus at Downer, ACT - 28 Dec 2020
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Identification history

Carthamus lanatus 28 Dec 2020 RWPurdie
Carthamus lanatus 28 Dec 2020 Avery

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If it might be what I think it is, will return to get a better pic.

5 comments

waltraud wrote:
   28 Dec 2020
My favourite weed Saffron thistle relatively easy to pull if you have riggers...
Avery wrote:
   28 Dec 2020
An isolate, happily. Delenda est
waltraud wrote:
   28 Dec 2020
great
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Avery wrote:
   29 Dec 2020
That one is now gone.
waltraud wrote:
   29 Dec 2020
A good thistle is a gone thistle ;)

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Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

  • Carthamus lanatus Scientific name
  • Saffron Thistle Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Major weed or pest
  • Up to 1224.43m Recorded at altitude
  • 103 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower

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