Common name: Wild Teasel
Scientific name: Dipsacus fullonum 起絨草*
Genus: Dipsacus 川續斷屬
Family: Caprifoliaceae 忍冬科, honeysuckle family
Origin: native
Remarks*: It is formerly placed in Dipsacaceae 川續斷科, teasel family, but now placed in a broadly treated Caprifoliaceae 忍冬科, honeysuckle family.
Date: 26th July
A very tall plant, can reach up to 2 m.
Stem leaves lanceolate.
Stem leaves fused across stem to form water-collectig cup.
Stems spiny.
Ovoid flowering heads; involucral bracts curving upwards, often as long as heads; receptacle bracts longer than flowers.
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