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 © 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.
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Henry W. Coe State Park, California
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