Cirsium wheeleri

A Cirsium found at moderately high elevations, with shallowly-lobed leaves that are green adaxially & whitish abaxially. The phyllaries are entire and entire-margined.

Pseudanthium at Silver Creek Divide on NM Hwy. 159, Mogollon Mountains, Catron Co., New Mexico, 16 Aug 2009.



Phyllaries, Silver Creek Divide, 16 Aug 2009.



A cauline leaf at Silver Creek Divide, 16 Aug 2009.



Abaxial leaf surface at Silver Creek Divide, 16 Aug 2009.



Plant habit at Silver Creek Divide, 16 Aug 2009.

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