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Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis

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Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Curtis
Curtis
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Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
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Carduus tenuiflorus

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tenuiflorus

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Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis

Annual, or rarely biennial. Stems usually branched above, (20)-60-100- (150) cm tall, with sparse multicellular hairs below, becoming cobwebby above, ribbed; wing narrowed to 2-3-(10) mm wide between clusters of teeth; teeth 8-15-(30) mm long, in broadly deltoid to palmatifid clusters; spines 4-7-(10) mm long. Lvs obovate to narrowly deltoid to oblong, pinnatifid, (5)-10-30-(40) × (2)-5-15 cm, glabrescent or with papillae or multicellular hairs above, with cobwebby hairs beneath; basal lvs with (4)-5-8 pairs of lobes; lobes palmatifid-dentate; teeth spine-tipped; spines pale, 2-5-(8) mm long. Capitula erect or suberect, falling at fruiting, 15-20 × 7-15 mm, sessile or subsessile in compact terminal and subterminal clusters of 3-8-(12); peduncle 1-2 mm diam. Involucre cylindric to obconic. Outer and middle involucral bracts narrowly lanceolate to narrowly deltoid, evenly tapered to erect or erecto-patent spine, without distinct claw and limb, with glandular papillae, ciliolate, rarely with sparse cobwebby hairs; apex pale green or scarious; midvein raised in upper ⅓. Inner involucral bracts linear, with glandular papillae below, weakly 1-(3)-veined above; apex acute, scarious, often pink. Corolla pale pinkish purple, 11-13 mm long; lobes 5-6 mm long; swelling at throat of tube ellipsoid, < 2-(3) mm long. Achenes brown, ellipsoid, 3.5-4 × 1.5-2 mm; pappus 10-12 mm long.

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Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis

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Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
France
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
United Kingdom

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8ee65952-8d6a-449b-941e-aec87eaf36c8
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1 January 2000
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