7e Ce edule Nutt. Indian Thistle. Stems erect, mostly unbranched, 
60-200 cm. tall, thinly woolly; leaves 8-20 om. long, 2-4 om. wide, 
those of the lower parts oblanceolate, the upper either oblanceolate or narrowly 
‘oblong, clasping at the base but not decurrent, all pinnately shallowly lobed 
into broadly deltoid or somewhat hemispheric lobes 3-10 mn. tall, the margins 
spinose with unequal spines 1-6 mm. long, the upper surface beconing green 
and glabrate, ashy{with a thin felt-like tomentum; 
heads few, crowded in th¢ upper axils, frequently subtended by the upper leaves, — 
3-6 cme in diameter, the outer involucral bracts foliaceous, the inner lanceolate, | 
acuminate to rather we prickles, the inner 2.5 com. long, all densely cobwebby; 
flowers purple or somefimes whitish; achenes 4 mme long, very smooth, the pappus 
20-25 mme long, buff-folored. 
Frequent in dry burns. 
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