![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3505/jpeg/14t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2890/jpeg/21t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline clearing in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2473/jpeg/02t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 26, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2473/jpeg/01t.jpg) Flower bud of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 26, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2879/jpeg/01t.jpg) Winter rosette of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline clearing in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 11, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3374/jpeg/17t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on a forest opening over a sewage line in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/845/jpeg/06t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, March 20, 2010.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2236/jpeg/14t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum)(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 17, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3126/jpeg/20t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2478/jpeg/21t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3134/jpeg/10t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3509/jpeg/24t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2241/jpeg/17t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2236/jpeg/32t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum)(?) on mulch in a tree utilization site in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 17, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3510/jpeg/20t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2478/jpeg/22t.jpg) Flower of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2482/jpeg/06t.jpg) Flower bud of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 14, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2243/jpeg/14t.jpg) Flower bud of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 11, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2478/jpeg/23t.jpg) Blooming yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2242/jpeg/14t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on Lone Star Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, April 8, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3458/jpeg/09t.jpg) Rosette of leaves of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3402/jpeg/15t.jpg) Seeds of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on sewage line right-of-way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2906/jpeg/11t.jpg) Yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on a recently built pipeline in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3402/jpeg/16t.jpg) Arrangement of seeds of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on sewage line right-of-way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2906/jpeg/12t.jpg) Metallic beetles in yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline right-of-way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3402/jpeg/18t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on sewage line right-of-way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2477/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flower of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) with a bronze beetle in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3402/jpeg/17t.jpg) Immature seed head of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on sewage line right-of-way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2872/jpeg/03t.jpg) Basal leaves of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline clearing in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2872/jpeg/02t.jpg) Winter rosette of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline clearing in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2872/jpeg/01t.jpg) Large thorny rosette of yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline clearing in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/10t.jpg) Blooming yellow thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/852/jpeg/10t.jpg) Yellow spiny thistle (Bull thistle, Cirsium horridulum) at sunrise in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, April 13, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2890/jpeg/23t.jpg) Yellow flowers of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline clearing in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2890/jpeg/24t.jpg) Rosette and yellow flowers of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline clearing in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2890/jpeg/25t.jpg) Side view of a large yellow flower of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline clearing in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3134/jpeg/11t.jpg) Yellow flower of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3109/jpeg/11t.jpg) Leaves of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) in area of a former pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, February 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3109/jpeg/12t.jpg) Rosette of leaves of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) in area of a former pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, February 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2890/jpeg/26t.jpg) Large flower bud of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline clearing in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2890/jpeg/22t.jpg) Opening flower of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) on a pipeline clearing in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2257/jpeg/02t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3127/jpeg/18t.jpg) Top view of Bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3127/jpeg/19t.jpg) Blooming bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3096/jpeg/07t.jpg) Winter rosette of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) with freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2919/jpeg/09t.jpg) Bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3642/jpeg/18t.jpg) Leaves of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) in ultraviolet light on a sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2866/jpeg/06t.jpg) Bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum)(?) on a golf course on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, February 14, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2866/jpeg/11t.jpg) Icy rosettes of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum)(?) on a golf course on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, February 14, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2866/jpeg/07t.jpg) Rosette of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum)(?) on a golf course on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, February 14, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3642/jpeg/17t.jpg) Rosette of basal leaves of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) in ultraviolet light on a sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3642/jpeg/16t.jpg) Winter rosette of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight on a sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3642/jpeg/22t.jpg) Thorny leaves of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight on a sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3642/jpeg/20t.jpg) Basal leaves of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight on a sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3642/jpeg/21t.jpg) Smaller rosette of basal leaves of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight on a sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2679/jpeg/01t.jpg) Bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3642/jpeg/19t.jpg) Central area of rosette of basal leaves of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight on a sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2904/jpeg/03t.jpg) Bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) on a forest clearing on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 11, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/742/jpeg/03t.jpg) Thistle flower (Cirsium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 3, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3373/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flower bud of a thistle (Cirsium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3356/jpeg/18t.jpg) Young leaves of thistle (Cirsium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3480/jpeg/20t.jpg) Rosette of leaves of thistle (Cirsium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3356/jpeg/17t.jpg) Large shoot of thistle (Cirsium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3364/jpeg/19t.jpg) Young leaves of thistle (Cirsium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 14, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3356/jpeg/19t.jpg) Young leaves and flower buds of thistle (Cirsium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 6, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2888/jpeg/23t.jpg) Flower bud of Texas thistle (Cirsium texanum) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3146/jpeg/05t.jpg) Thistle flower (Cirsium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 5, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2248/jpeg/07t.jpg) Thistle flower (Cirsium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3382/jpeg/26t.jpg) Flower of thistle (Cirsium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 13, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2244/jpeg/07t.jpg) Thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 12, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3382/jpeg/29t.jpg) Blooming thistle (Cirsium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 13, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3108/jpeg/24t.jpg) Basal leaves of bull thistle(?) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, February 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3179/jpeg/22t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of thistle (Cirsium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, June 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3334/jpeg/22t.jpg) Thorny leaves of some thistle (Cirsium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 28, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3179/jpeg/19t.jpg) Dry seed heads of thistle (Cirsium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, June 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2858/jpeg/20t.jpg) Winter rosette of thistle (Cirsium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3334/jpeg/23t.jpg) Thorny rosette of leaves of some thistle (Cirsium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 28, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2742/jpeg/12t.jpg) Batterfly on a thistle flower (Cirsium) in a dried pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 25, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3334/jpeg/20t.jpg) Pattern of winter rosette of leaves of some thistle (Cirsium) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 28, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3114/jpeg/24t.jpg) Yellow flower of sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/776/jpeg/26t.jpg) Field thistle (Cirsium) east from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 9, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2898/jpeg/21t.jpg) Flower buds of Texas thistle (Cirsium texanum) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3358/jpeg/04t.jpg) Thorny shoot of thistle (Cirsium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 7, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3485/jpeg/20t.jpg) Leaves of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3505/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flower bud of summer-blooming thistle (Cirsium engelmannii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/745/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flower of thistle in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 9, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1366/jpeg/12t.jpg) Yellow distaff-thistle (Atractylis carduus, local names jalwa, laymoony, shuwwaykh) near a road north from Ash Shahaniyah. Western Qatar, March 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3481/jpeg/17t.jpg) Young leaves of thistle (Cirsium) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3371/jpeg/21t.jpg) Flower buds of a thistle (Cirsium) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 26, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/748/jpeg/14t.jpg) Blister beetle (Meloidae) in genus Nemognatha on thistle flower in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 16, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1454/jpeg/25t.jpg) Crab spider on a thistle Robinson Ferry Road in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 12, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/625/jpeg/21t.jpg) Texas longhorn cow in the Bar 55 Ranch, view from Whitman Road south from Washington. Texas, March 30, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/625/jpeg/22t.jpg) Texas longhorns among bluebonnet flowers in the Bar 55 Ranch, view from Whitman Road south from Washington. Texas, March 30, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2654/jpeg/10t.jpg) Thorny winter rosette of a thistle in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3114/jpeg/22t.jpg) Thorny rosette of leaves of a thistle in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2999/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flower of thistle (Cirsium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3351/jpeg/20t.jpg) Rosette of thistle (Cirsium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 27, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1412/jpeg/11t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of thistle (Cirsium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 20, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3136/jpeg/12t.jpg) Thistle (Cirsium) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
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