Wild Teasel or Fuller's Teasel
Dipsacus fullonum or Dipsacus sylvestris
                    
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2013 Photograph, Wild Teasel or Fuller's Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum or Dipsacus sylvestris, Teasel Family Dipsacaceae), McKee-Beshers WMA, Poolesville, Maryland, © 2020.
An imported plant that can be very invasive, displacing all other plants including native species. Native to Europe and North Africa, introduced in the 1700's, escaped and naturalized throughout North America.
Jian Zhe Li

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