 Musk Thistle
Carduus nutans
- grows 4 to6 feet tall
- flower heads nod in the breeze
- flowers are purple to rose color up to 3 inches in diameter
- long sharp spiny leaf edges with hairless stems
- spreads by seed, has single tap root
- bag blossom heads
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Canada Thistle
Cirsium arvense
- grows 1 to 4 feet tall
- flowers are lavendar to purple in color
- prickly leaf edges with hairy stems
- spreads by seed and creeping roots
- tiling/breaking roots propigates growth
- WEAR GLOVES, LONG SLEEVES with both species
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