Prickly pears are edible plants. While it's true their flowers and stems are also edible, many people choose to only harvest and eat the fruit this plant produces. The fruit will be ready to eat ...

The Florida semaphore cactus, on the other hand, has a dull gray, fleshy stem and can grow to reach a lofty 6 feet, bearing small, scale-like, reddish-orange flowers. Finally, the aboriginal prickly ...

The sow thistle has quite a succulent stem when it flowers, and the foliage oozes a milky sap when cut. It is most likely to be confused with a closely related species called prickly sow thistle ...

The Yakima County Noxious Weed Board has been helping landowners control problem and noxious weeds since 1975. Contact them at 509-574-2180, email [email protected] or visit ...