Thistle is a perennial plant of the Asteraceae family. The roots are straight and have a diameter of up to 0.5 cm. The stem is upright, 40-100 cm tall, branches above the upper or middle part, all stems and branches are covered with long hairs.

Thistle is a perennial plant of the genus Asteraceae . The roots are straight and have a diameter of up to 0.5 cm. The stem is upright, 40-100 cm tall, branches above the upper or middle part, all stems and branches are covered with long hairs.

green thistle

green thistle

green thistle

green thistle

green thistle

green thistle The lower stem and leaves are oblong or long-lanceolate or wide-linear, with feathered shallow, semi-fisted or deep-fisted; 3-4 pairs of side lobes, middle part The side lobes are large, and there are 2-3 different-large piercing teeth on the edges of all side lobes, and there are needles on the top and edges of the tooth; the leaves from the middle are often not cracked, and there are needles on the edges or teeth with needles on the edges. ; The uppermost leaf edge needles are usually concentrated at the base or lower part of the leaf. Or all leaves are not cracked, oblong, oblong, lanceolate or linear, with needle-punched or needle-punched tooth marks at the edges. All leaves are green on both sides and have a hard texture. The base of the base and lower stems gradually grow or have a short stalk, and the middle and upper stems and leaves have no sessue or the base is enlarged.

green thistle

green thistle

green thistle

green thistle

green thistle

green thistle head inflorescence a few are arranged irregularly at the top of the stem branches umbrella inflorescence , few head inflorescences are single stem ends, and the plant has only 1 Inflorescences in the head. Total bract ovoid, 2 cm in diameter. The total bracts are about 7 layers, arranged in a tile-like manner, gradually growing towards the inner layer, long triangle to lanceolate, sharp or short tip at the top to become needle-punch; long lanceolate in the inner layer and inner layer It is linearly lanceolate, with apical membranous enlarged and red. All bracts are hairless or almost hairless. The small flowers are purple-red, the crown is 2.4 cm long, and the eaves are 1.2 cm long, and they are not as good as 5 shallow cracks. lemish wedge-shaped obovate, flattened, apical truncated. Flower and fruit period is from June to October.

green thistle

green thistle

green thistle

green thistle

green thistle

green thistle grows in the grass on the hillside at an altitude of 100-1600 meters. It is distributed in my country. Sichuan and other provinces.

green thistle

green thistle

green thistle

green thistle

green thistle

green thistle

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