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Purple Thistle, or Cirsium horridulum, is a short-lived perennial with large showy. With its weedy appearance and spiny leaves this Florida wild flower may not be ideal for your butterfly garden. However, if you are an adventurous gardener it is both a larval host and nectar source for butterflies and other pollinators. #ButterflyGarden #Pollinators #floridawildflowers Yellow Flowers, Wild Flowers, Thistle Flower, Flowers Perennials, Types Of Soil, Flower Power, Flower Art, Purple, Pink

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Purple Thistle

Family name: Asteraceae Host plant for: Little Metalmark (Calephelis virginiana) General description: Erect herbaceous and short-lived perennial with elongated spiny leaves and…
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Purple Thistle, or Cirsium horridulum, is a short-lived perennial with large showy. With its weedy appearance and spiny leaves this Florida wild flower may not be ideal for your butterfly garden. However, if you are an adventurous gardener it is both a larval host and nectar source for butterflies and other pollinators. #ButterflyGarden #Pollinators #floridawildflowers

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Purple Thistle, or Cirsium horridulum, is a short-lived perennial with large showy. With its weedy appearance and spiny leaves this Florida wild flower may not be ideal for your butterfly garden. However, if you are an adventurous gardener it is both a larval host and nectar source for butterflies and other pollinators. #ButterflyGarden #Pollinators #floridawildflowers

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