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Musk thistle (Carduus nutans L.)

Musk thistle is a biennial that grows as only a rosette in the first year, and shoots in the second year.  Leaves have a frosted appearance, and white spines. It has very large bracts beneath purple flowers with sharp spines beneath.  Musk thistle reproduces only from seeds, and not from root systems.

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Treatment Tools/Products:

• Milestone Label (Pasture and rangeland) – SDS sheet

• Trimec Classic Label (Lawns) – SDS sheet

• End Run — Label SDS Sheet

• Transline Label (Thistle in willows) – SDS sheet

Musk Thistle field
Musk Thistle plant
Musk Thistle bloom
Musk Thistle bloom
Musk Thistle leaves
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