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Spotted Goldenthistle

Scolymus maculatus L.

Description

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Annuals. Stem wings ± con-tinuous, margins spinose, usually white and thickened. Leaf blades 40–200 × 20–80 mm, margins usually white and thickened. Involucres 12–18 × 8–12 mm, larger in fruit. Phyllaries ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, glabrous. Cypsela/palea units ± obovate, 2.5–4 mm; pappi 0. 2n = 20.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 19: 220 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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