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Alternatively, may be Cirsium wallichii, or C. verutum

Common name:  Thistle

Family: Compositae

Information:

Photo: Location, date, elevation TBD. K. Hewitt.

 

Sources and additional resources:

Polunin, O. and A. Stainton (1999). Cirsium falconeri (Hook.f.) Petrak (Cnicus f. Hook.f.) in Flowers of the Himalaya. Oxford University Press, Delhi. Entry 731 (pp. 209; plate 70-71).