Stemless Thistle
Seedling
Stemless Thistle
Seeding
| Stemless Thistle Seedling | | Stemless Thistle Seeding | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | |||
| Order: | Sunflowers (Asterales) | ||||
| Family: | Daisy (Asteraceae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Stemless Thistle (Onopordum acaulon) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍In Bud🔎 | ||||
| Other names: | Flat thistle, Horse Thistle, Stemless Onopordon or White thistle | ||||
Thank you Kai-Philipp Schablewski for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Scattered seedlings have been found & removed. All clear at this stage. Seedlings are soft and easy to handle. Mature plants are very prickly & large, making removal difficult. Slow growing and easy to find seedlings with regular inspections. Silver grey in colour and has no discernible stem | |||||
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