Cirsium pitcheri ~ pitchers thistle 4

• Michigan Status: T ^ Threatened
• US Status: LT ^ Listed Threatened
• Michigan Rank: S3 ^ Vulnerable
• Global Rank: G3 ^ Vulnerable
• perennial thistle of open Great Lakes dunes
• leaves bluish^green; few spines
• densely covered with white^woolly hairs
• forms a small, basal rosette when young
• flower heads often numerous and very pale
• Pitcher's thistle inhabits open sand dunes that exhibit sparse vegetation
• Michigan C Value: 10
• native
• UPLAND (UPL)

Some of this information is from the Michigan Natural Features Inventory (MNFI) website.

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