flora

FID 4567 |  /symbiotech | /symbiotic | /42069 | /degen-x | /yellow | /nouns ⌐◨-◨  | /abide | /technouns | /666

Cirsium leo Nakai & Kitag. A perennial herb of the genus Cirsium in the asteraceae, up to 1 m tall, with hairy stem branches, basal and lower cauline leaves oblong or oblong, pinnately lobed, lateral lobes 8-12 in pairs, capitulate in corymbs; Involucral bell shaped, up to 4 cm in diameter, involucral 8 layers, achenes gray-black, oblique oval, crown stained white, fruit period May to September. [2]