Milk-thistle *

Silybum marianum

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: blessed milkthistle.
Generic common name: MILK-THISTLE.

Photographs from SMMNRA: oak woodland, June 2004.

Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.

Note: Invasive exotic, has NOXIOUS WEED status in some states.