@carstenfranke@mastodon.social
2026-05-02 15:20 UTC
Hmm, does anybody in Minnesota know what that plant is? It looks like a thistle, but the leaves are much more rounded than all I can find
Thanks to @donray , this looks very close to a musk thistle , or as @daswarkeinhuhn mentioned, a nodding thistle.
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Replies (3)
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@daswarkeinhuhn@netzkae.se 2026-05-02 15:37
@carstenfranke@mastodon.social Seems to be a nodding whistle, which is invasive in Minnesota but native here in Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carduus_nutans
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@manankanchu@mastodon.social 2026-05-02 15:43
@carstenfranke@mastodon.social Flora Incognita App also says nodding thistle
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@mikemccaffrey@pdx.social 2026-05-02 15:45
@carstenfranke@mastodon.social It definitely seems like a thistle, but I'm not sure even mastodon is nerdy enough to have niche plant taxonomists on hand, at least not without using hashtags. According to PlantNet (a wonderful app), it could be one of these two thistles, but the confidence isn't super high.