RED FLOWERS
 

Wild Columbine

 Aquilegia Canadenisis

Great North Mtn.  Rt. 691, 59 Near the Laurel Run Tr. and North Mtn. Tr. Parking.


Pollinated by Hummingbirds.  Poisonous if ingested, especially roots and seeds.  W

Great North Mtn. VA/WV.  Between Tibbet Knob Tr. and Little Schloss, 06/26/2004

 

Same

 

 

 

Bull Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

   

Great North Mtn. VA/WV.  Between Tibbet Knob Tr. and Little Schloss, 06/26/2004

Same

 

 

Aster FamilyThere are several types of thistles, some are thorny, some are not, they have different color of flowers.  All thistles produce cluster of leaves the 1st year, flowers the second year and then they die.  W C

 

 

 

 

 

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