Prickly white bracts surrounding pale blue flowers on dome like head atop a thistle-like plant.
It grows in sandy soil , g...Read Morerasslands, open woods and in mountains from southeastern AZ to west TX, south to Mexico.
This genus resembles thistles of the Asteraceae family, but the flowers reveal that these really belong to the carrot family. In Europe, roots are candied and in South America, caraguata , a fiber is obtained from the leaves of one species and in North America, curative powers have been attributed to others.
Prickly white bracts surrounding pale blue flowers on dome like head atop a thistle-like plant.
It grows in sandy soil , g...Read More