Latin: Cirsium ochrocentrum
Family:Composite or Sunflower (Compositae)
Size: To 3 in. wide
Date: 6/15/2001
Other names: Santa Fe Thistle
Notes: Very wooly leaves, deeply lobed with yellowish spines on edge of leaves. Wooly haired stem. 17 species of Cirsium in Arizona.
This plant is found on the Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Working Check list of flora.
Entries for Yellowspine Thistle in the CalPhotos section of the Berkeley Digital Library Project can be seen.
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