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Cirsium texanum

Cirsium texanum Buckley

Texas Thistle, Purple Thistle

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

USDA Symbol: CITE2

Image Information

Photographer: Richardson, Charmaine
City: Cedar Valley
County: Travis
State: TX
Location Notes: Buzzard Roost Ranch.
Accession date: 2025-02-10
Filename: CBR_IMG12426.JPG
Slide Index: DSCN3135.JPG
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Collection: Wildflower Center Digital Library
Original Format: Digital
Orientation: Landscape
Shot: Close-up of a capitulum with nectaring Southern Broken Dash butterfly, Wallengrenia otho.
Date Taken: 2018-05-17
NPIN Image Id: 105676