I Have No Clue
@Michellekidwell (29953)
Sonora, California
July 19, 2020 8:07pm CST
These are in the field just below our Church, unfortunately the weeds kind of block the view, so I don’t know how good the picture is. They are purple on the top, and I’m absolutely clueless, as is most of the people I have asked. I thought I’d give it a shot here though.
I have to get some more writing in, but I’ll be back to see if anyone knows what the plant is....
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@Dyvette16 (4299)
• United States
20 Jul 20
I’m not sure what kind it is but I love the color (:
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@Dyvette16 (4299)
• United States
20 Jul 20
@Michellekidwell ooo now I know as well haha
Always good to learn something new (:
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@Michellekidwell (29953)
• Sonora, California
20 Jul 20
@Dyvette16 Yes it is lol!
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@Michellekidwell (29953)
• Sonora, California
20 Jul 20
Thanks to a few here, I now know it’s artichoke thistle..l
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@Michellekidwell (29953)
• Sonora, California
20 Jul 20
Artichoke Thistle, thank you so much for the comment..
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
20 Jul 20
@Michellekidwell gee, that is artichoke. We do not have that here so it is not familiar to me.
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@Michellekidwell (29953)
• Sonora, California
20 Jul 20
@Alexandoy it’s in the artichoke family..l
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@Michellekidwell (29953)
• Sonora, California
20 Jul 20
There artichoke thistle...
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
20 Jul 20
I see that people have already told you that it's a type of thistle. Very pretty.
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@Michellekidwell (29953)
• Sonora, California
20 Jul 20
It is, the color got my intention...
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
20 Jul 20
I have no idea what it is.. the color is also a bright purple which is rarely get to see in the nature around us
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@Michellekidwell (29953)
• Sonora, California
20 Jul 20
I love the color...It’s artichoke thistle..
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@Michellekidwell (29953)
• Sonora, California
20 Jul 20
Yes, it’s an Arichoke Thistle...
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@Michellekidwell (29953)
• Sonora, California
21 Jul 20
@Nakitakona You’re welcome!
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
20 Jul 20
They are either a Cardoon or an Artichoke, I believe. Closely related but cardoons have smaller flowers and are a smaller plant, on the whole. Both are related to thistles but have far fewer spines (in the cultivated varieties, at least) and both are edible, though the artichoke head is eaten before the purple flower shows and the tender young shoots of cardoons is what they are grown for.
These look as though they've escaped from captivity and, as they are a Mediterranean plant, they'd probably do well in California.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
20 Jul 20
The top looks like a type of thistle. For a really good identification you need to look at the leaves as well. There is a close colored picture at the bottom of this article.
https://www.cal-ipc.org/resources/library/publications/ipcw/report38/
@Michellekidwell (29953)
• Sonora, California
20 Jul 20
Thank you so much, it looks like it’s Artichoke Thistle...
