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Cirsium occidentale var. compactum; Compact Cobwebby Thistle   

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Cirsium occidentale var. compactum
Cirsium occidentale var. compactum
Compact Cobwebby Thistle
Photographer: Aaron Schusteff

ID: 0000 0000 0617 0866 (2017-06-13)

Copyright © 2017 Aaron Schusteff

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Apr 20, 2015
  • location   Arroyo de la Cruz (San Luis Obispo County, California, US)
  • family Asteraceae
  • notes   Habit and habitat, growing on coastal prairie atop ocean bluffs. Both the endearing native thistles Cirsium quercetorum and Cirsium occidentale var. compactum are vouchered from here...but the densely cobwebby heads and thickly-woolly leaves mark this clearly as the latter.
  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Compact Cobwebby Thistle (photographer)
  • Look for Jepson Manual treatments, maps (University & Jepson Herbaria)
  • View Calflora record for Cirsium occidentale var. compactum
  • View all photos in CalPhotos of Cirsium occidentale var. compactum
  • Check Google Images for Cirsium occidentale var. compactum


  • The photographer's identification Cirsium occidentale var. compactum has not been reviewed. Click here to review or comment on the identification.

     
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