Saffron Thistle:

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Sunflowers (Asterales)

Family:

Daisy (Asteraceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Saffron Thistle (Carthamus lanatus)

This Photo:

Other names:

OWWW THAT HURTS!, Distaff Thistle, False Star Thistle or Woolly Star Thistle

Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli (Cinclosoma) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
A few scattered plants found & removed from Ellura
VERY prickly & stiff plant at all stages. Tall, green with cream/yellow flowers.
Prickles will go straight through leather gloves, weed bags, etc.

This species is classed as

If (Foreign Introduction)

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