An individual instance of Plectocephalus americanus (American star-thistle)
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This particular organism is believed to have native means of establishment.

This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.


Identifications:


Plectocephalus americanus

(Nutt.) D. Don

nominal concept

common name: American star-thistle
family: Asteraceae
Identified 2008-07-23 by Ron Thomas


Location:


Hwy 62, 150 m W of CoRd 306, 460 m SE Kings River bridge, Carroll County, Arkansas, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.39124°, -93.63319°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 100 m.

Location determined by an independent GPS measurement.



Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2008-07-22

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whole plant - in flower - general view
stem - showing leaf bases
stem - showing leaf bases
leaf - on upper stem
inflorescence - unspecified
inflorescence - whole - unspecified
inflorescence - whole - unspecified
inflorescence - whole - unspecified
inflorescence - lateral view of flower


Metadata last modified: 2019-10-16T22:24:42.018-05:00
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