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Cirsium erisithales (Jacq.) Scop.

yellow thistle (Asteraceae / Compositae)

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Cirsium erisithales is a yellow-flowering thistle that grew for a time in Leigh Woods, Somerset.

Schneeberg, Austria; 2013-06-30

 yellow thistle / Cirsium erisithales: _Cirsium erisithales_ is a yellow-flowering thistle that grew for a time in Leigh Woods, Somerset.

Cirsium erisithales is native to the mountains of southern, central and eastern Europe.

Schneeberg, Austria; 2013-06-30

 yellow thistle / Cirsium erisithales: _Cirsium erisithales_ is native to the mountains of southern, central and eastern Europe.

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