Cirsium vulgare

Spear Thistle at Jerrabomberra, NSW

Cirsium vulgare at Jerrabomberra, NSW - 16 May 2022
Cirsium vulgare at Jerrabomberra, NSW - 16 May 2022
Cirsium vulgare at Jerrabomberra, NSW - 16 May 2022
Cirsium vulgare at Jerrabomberra, NSW - 16 May 2022
Cirsium vulgare at Jerrabomberra, NSW - 16 May 2022
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Identification history

Cirsium vulgare 17 May 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 16 May 2022 Tmac

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Any idea what this is? Big Leaves are approx 5cm each now. It was not there a week ago, so it's quite young. It is only off the ground, max 1cm Silly me, tried to remove it, before taking a photo of the full rosette. Originally it was a perfectly round rosette, with 6-8 leaves in the rosette! It is very spikey! 1 or 2 of the the spikes pierced my leather gloves, with needle like spikes (approx 1cm), came off plant, into my glove, like a cactus needle! It came up through a crack in our concrete. & have not seen anything like it before, in our yard / cracks. Some kind of cactus, with a 6-8 leaf young rosette? Any tips to Organically get rid of it, (& its roots) from our concrete crack, since needles come off like a cactus? Ouch!

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Location information

Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 16 May 2022 06:04 PM Recorded on
  • Tmac Recorded by

Additional information

  • Less than 10cm 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
  • 149 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower

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