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Carduus nutans
Carduus nutans
Nodding Thistle
Photographer: Ron Wolf

ID: 0000 0000 0809 2117 (2009-08-28)

Copyright © 2009 Ron Wolf

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Jul 29, 2009
  • location   Genesee Mountain Park. Near Genesee. (Jefferson County, Colorado, US)
  • family Asteraceae
  • order Asterales
  • class Magnoliopsida
  • camera   Canon 40D, 180 mm macro, f/18, 1/15 sec.
  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Nodding Thistle, Musk Thistle (photographer)
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  • Reviewers' comments about this photo (review or add another comment)
    1. Reviewed by Lee Dittmann    Jan 1, 2010

    Action: ID confirmed

    Reviewer's comments:
         "The broad reflexed phyllaries and the nodding inflorescence support the photographer's ID."

     
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