boar thistle, corn thistle, creeping thistle, dog thistle, field thistle, waste thistle
Size
Time to Maturity
No preference
Botanical Details
Family
Asteraceae
Native to GB/Ireland
No
Genus
A genus of annual or biennial flowering plants known as 'plumeless thistles', native to Eurasia and Africa, many recognised as a nuisance to agricultural and horticultural crops. They have hairy, spiny upright stems and toothed. lobed foliage topped with rounded, bristly heads in white, pink or purple