Carduus nutans is a biennial plant in the daisy and sunflower family Asteraceae with the common names musk thistle, [1] nodding thistle, and nodding plumeless thistle. It is native to regions of …

In North American literature, the scientific name Carduus nutans L., commonly known as musk thistle, has been applied to an aggregate of large-flowered plumeless thistles in the aster …

Musk thistle is a biennial thistle that is a rosette of leaves in its first year and sends up a flowering stalk in its second year, then dies. Musk thistle is also sometimes called "nodding thistle" …

How to identify musk thistle. Musk thistle (Carduus nutans) is a biennial herbaceous plant, between one to seven feet tall. Musk thistle (also known as nodding thistle) overwinters in the …

Musk thistle Carduus nutans L. Family: Asteraceae (Composite family) Life cycle: Biennial Native status: Introduced as an ornamental for its showy flowers Habitat: Pastures, roadsides, …

Scientific name: Carduus nutans A common thistle of roadside verges, rough grassland and waste ground, the Musk thistle has large, purple, nodding flower heads that appear in summer. It is …

Native to Eurasia, Musk Thistle was possibly accidentally introduced in 1852 through ballast water. It is an aggressive, spiny plant with showy red-purple flower heads that droop or nod. It …

Musk Thistle - Carduus nutans L. DESCRIPTION: Musk, or nodding thistle, a member of the aster family (Asteraceae), is an aggressive, biennial herb with showy red-purple flowers and painful …

Carduus nutans is native to Western Europe and was accidentally introduced into the United States in the early 1900s. Flower (s); Ready to set seed. Infestation; A pile of fill dirt left over …

Musk thistle is an aggressive biennial plant with large, showy pink flowers on long multi-branched stems. Native to Europe and Asia, it was introduced into the U. S. more than ninety years ago …