Carduus acanthoides : Plumeless thistle- The Race Rocks taxonomy

from https://racerocks.ca/upkeep-day/

Neha Acharya-Patel  the ecoguardian at Race Rocks identified this new species for Race  Rocks in the log today.

From Wikipedia,  the classification as follows

Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Carduus
Species:
C. acanthoides
Binomial name
Carduus acanthoides

 
Other Angiosperms at Race Rocks.

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