Paul Reeves Photography: Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)

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Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Taylor Creek Park, Toronto, ON.

July 16th, 2022. (1267)

Annual Fleabane  | Black-eyed Susan  | Bull Thistle  | Canada Goldenrod  | Canada Thistle  | Coltsfoot
Common Chicory   | Common Dandelion  | Common Tansy  | Common Yarrow  | Cup Plant  | Early Goldenrod
False Sunflower  | Fen Dandelion  | Giant Butterbur  | Indian Blanket  | Lance-leaved Coreopsis  | Lesser Burdock
Meadow Salsify  | New England Aster  | Nodding Beggarticks  | Nodding Thistle  | Orange Hawkweed  | Oxeye Daisy
Panicled Aster  | Perennial Sow Thistle  | Philadelphia Fleabane  | Prickly Lettuce  | Prickly Sowthistle  | Purple Coneflower
Spotted Joe-pye Weed  | Spotted Knapweed  | Swamp Aster  | Tyrol Knapweed  | Yellow Salsify

Also known as California Thistle, Corn Thistle, Creeping Thistle, Cursed Thistle, Field Thistle, Hard Thistle, Perennial Thistle, Prickly Thistle, Small-flowered Thistle, Stinger-needles, and Way Thistle. It is native to Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa and is an invasive species in North America.

Canada Thistle

Canada Thistle

Canada Thistle