Gleaning Facebook: Thistles at the Town Green

Facebook message from Carla Byram:

What's the name of this plant?

Comments

Richard T. Ware

Carduus nutans Linnaeus, Musk Thistle, Nodding Thistle

Terrell Shaw

Thanks, Richard.

Howard Smith

.....or, weed

Carla Byram

Thanks... All I could muster was "other worldly"

Terrell Shaw

A weed is just a plant that's out of place. These guys qualify, I guess. They were part of the famous Columbian Exchange: natives of Africa and Europe, but now happily settled in almost all of North America along with Chinese privet and Japanese honeysuckle. (Thanks, Wikipedia.) It is a pretty flower.

Carla Byram

Saw them today Downtown... Knew you and your friends could help with an id. and further info ... Many thanks!

Terrell Shaw

Sheila & I noticed them between the parking deck and the river at the town green a day or two ago. The same ones I s'pect.

Nina K Pettis

My mother always said, "A weed is just a flower without a good publicist."

Amber Lanier Nagle

Thistle

Tony Pope

Bull thistle???

Carla Byram

Yes, Terrell - same ones

Bill Cox

Looks like some type of thistle to me.

Terrell Shaw

Richard Ware IDed it above: Carduus nutans Linnaeus, Musk Thistle, Nodding Thistle

Bill Cox

People like you and Richard Ware amaze me. Having all that information stored in your head. I do good to remember my SSN, pins, and passwords....Okay at my age I admit I have them written down somewhere if I can only remember where I put my scratch paper...lol...

Terrell Shaw

Richard, yes. Me? I wish I knew all Bill Cox knows about horticultural plants and their care! Of course, it pays to have smart facebook friends: people tend to assume one is as smart as their friends, whether it's true or not.