Scotch thistle is commonly found in pastures, and also in orchards, lawns, waste areas and crops. As a vegetative rosette, it can tolerate mowing. However stem elongation ("bolting") occurs when the ...

May and June are the months when we frequently see both native and non-native forbs begin to grow and start to flower in ...

He shrieked in pain, waking the Scottish Clansmen in time to thwart the attack. Since then, the flowers have been associated with good luck, bravery, courage, and strength. The thistle was named ...

Spot-spraying is another option for flowering plants, using herbicides such as aminopyralid (T-Max), 2,4-D/dicamba, clopyralid or triclopyr/picloram. Scotch thistle is the most common thistle species ...