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Common name: Creamy Thistle or Platte Thistle
Latin name:
Cirsium canescens

Creamy Thistle - Cirsium canescens
Annual/Perennial: Perennial

Flowers: July to September
Flower size:
1" to 1.5"

Found in:
Foothills to Montane 
Height: 30" to 36"
Invasive:
No
Native species:
No
Useful in garden: No

Image taken: Near Williams Fork Reservoir in Grand County, Colorado.

Pictured Wildflower: Creamy Thistle Cirsium canescens
Wildflower Field notes: Creamy Thistle is not much of an invasive threat compared to other varieties of Thistle. As you can see... Creamy Thistle produces a beautiful white flower. Add a few raindrops and sunshine coming from the correct angle... and you'll have a little fiber optic light show. 

Look for Creamy Thistle in sunny fields, meadows, clearings and along roadways.

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