ASTERACEAE

Composite Family

Cirsium ochrocentrum Gray var. martinii(P. Barlow-Irick) Keil

Martin's thistle

Pappi of 3 - 5 series of many, flattened, plumose bristles 20 - 40 mm long.





Disturbed roadside 4.5 miles south of Deming, 1 mile west of HWY 11     27 May 2009