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New Mexico Rare Plant Conservation Strategy Species

Russ Kleinman and Mark Donnell, WNMU Dept. of Natural Sciences and the Dale A. Zimmerman Herbarium at www.gilaflora.com (2010)

Cirsium gilense (Gilia Thistle)

Biennial; stems up to 2 m tall, sparingly branched, hairy; leaves about 40 cm long, pointed at the tip, lobed, the lobes toothed, teeth tipped with slender spines, upper surface of the leaves hairy, lower surface without hairs; the base of the stem l...