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Purple Starthistle | Centaurea calcitrapa

May contain: flower, plant, and thistle
Photo Credit: Barry Rice
May contain: herbal, herbs, plant, soil, vegetation, flower, leaf, grass, and astragalus
Photo Credit: Steve Dewey
May contain: flower, plant, vegetation, herbal, and herbs
Photo Credit: Barry Rice
May contain: flower, plant, and thistle
May contain: herbal, herbs, plant, soil, vegetation, flower, leaf, grass, and astragalus
May contain: flower, plant, vegetation, herbal, and herbs

Annual to perennial; stems are hairless and grooved. Sharp yellow spines can be up to 1” in length. Flowers are pink to lavender purple up to 1” long.

 

Plant Details

Habitat NotesPastures, meadows, roadsides, fields, rangelands and disturbed sites.
Mature Height3’