Cirsium brevistylum
Cirsium brevistylum
Indian thistle
Sunflower
- Annual to short lived perennial 1 to 10 feet tall
- Single branched stem maybe cobwebby to fuzzy
- Found in forests, coastal marshes and chaparral
- Leaves many lobed and lined with spines
- One to many flowers off-white to pinkish
- Found in Bay hills and Niles Canyon sections, also reported in Diablo section
