Vascular Plants of Henry W. Coe State Park | Dicots
Baccharis pilularis · Baccharis salicifolia · Calandrinia ciliata · Callitriche marginata · Calycadenia truncata · Calystegia purpurata · Calystegia subacaulis · Camissonia graciliflora · Campanula exigua · Cardamine californica · Carduus tenuiflorus · Castilleja affinis · Castilleja exserta · Ceanothus cuneatus · Ceanothus oliganthus var. sorediatus · Centaurea melitensis · Centaurium sp. · Cercocarpus betuloides · Chaenactis glabriuscula · Chamaesyce ocellata · Chamomilla suaveolens · Chenopodium californicum · Chorizanthe membranacea · Cichorium intybus · Cirsium occidentale var. venustum · Cirsium vulgare · Clarkia breweri · Clarkia concinna ssp. automixa · Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera · Clarkia rubicunda · Clarkia unguiculata · Claytonia perfoliata · Clematis lasiantha · Collinsia heterophylla · Collinsia sparsiflora · Crepis capillaris · Cynoglossum grande
Cirsium occidentale var. venustum
Red Thistle
A member of the Asteraceae, or Composite Family
![]() Inflorescence.
Along County Line Road southwest of Mustang Peak.
24 April 2004.
Photograph Ó Gena Zolotar.
Used with permission.
![]() Inflorescence detail.
Near Yerba Buena Camp below Coe Headquarters,
slopes of Pine Ridge.
31 May 1997.
![]() Habit, in bloom.
Near Yerba Buena Camp.
31 May 1997.
![]() Habitat.
This species grows in open grasslands as well as partly shaded woods.
On slopes below visitor center at Coe Headquarters (in background).
21 June 1992.
All photos copyright Ó Lee Dittmann, except where otherwise noted.
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