Onopordum acanthium

Scotch Thistle at Fadden, ACT

Onopordum acanthium at Fadden, ACT - 21 Feb 2023
Onopordum acanthium at Fadden, ACT - 21 Feb 2023
Onopordum acanthium at Fadden, ACT - 21 Feb 2023
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Identification history

Onopordum acanthium 22 Feb 2023 Tapirlord
Carduus nutans 22 Feb 2023 Tapirlord
Cirsium vulgare 21 Feb 2023 CarbonAI
Cirsium vulgare 21 Feb 2023 KumikoCallaway

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3 comments

natureguy wrote:
   22 Feb 2023
These leaves look more like Onopordum to me than Carduus
   22 Feb 2023
In this small area, there were 3 types of Thistles (Onopordum acanthium, Cirsium vulgare and Carduus nutans). We removed the parent plants but found some thistle rosettes which we didn't take them out yet as we wanted to know species. We will monitor them to see them grow a little more so that we can be sure about the species.
Tapirlord wrote:
   22 Feb 2023
No you're right Luke, sorry about that one.

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Additional information

  • Less than 10cm Plant height

Species information

  • Onopordum acanthium Scientific name
  • Scotch Thistle Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Major weed or pest
  • Up to 827.86m Recorded at altitude
  • 90 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower

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