Hairy Burr-daisy
Fruit, Back
Ellura
Maltese Cockspur
Habit
 
                 
Saffron Thistle (Carthamus lanatus)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.

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This species is classed as If (Foreign Introduction)