MARSH THISTLE 



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the top and angular, clothed with white hairs and with numerous spines. 

 It has usually one main stem, which is purple and green. The leaves 



MARSH THISTLE (Cnicus palustris, Willd.) 



run down the stem, and are rough, deeply divided to the base, and 

 beset with numerous brownish prickles, stalkless and turned down, 

 lance-shaped, with blunt broad teeth, and a palish-green midrib. The 

 margins of the leaves bear the spines, which are purple at the base. 



