Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: P1140826 FZ35

I'd never seen Russian Thistle up close before. The flowers are small, inconspicuous, green-white or pink, and are usually solitary in the leaf axils. Photographed this plant on the canyon floor at Horseshoe Canyon, Badlands of Alberta near Drumheller. www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/weedguid/russthis.htm