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A.k.a. Russian thistle. It's ironic that this obnoxious stickery invader weed has become an icon of the American west! Thank the Sons of the Pioneers...

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tiabunna ^club

You learn so much on ipernity! It looks a bit like our (native) saltbush.

10 years ago.

slgwv ^club has replied

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It's not unusual--but as per the comment above, it's not usually considered very photogenic! ;)

10 years ago.

slgwv ^club has replied

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My MIL, who grew up in rural Kansas, always called it "Russian thistle," so there must've been some folk memory that it wasn't native.

10 years ago.

slgwv ^club

Thanks!

10 years ago.

Don Barrett (aka DBs…

Hmm, come to think of it, are humans invasives also?

And then there's those 'foreign plants' that became universal, like corn, rice, potatoes;

10 years ago.

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