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Wavyleaf Thistle

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Related information
Cirsium undulatum photos and WA distribution map - UW Herbarium
Wavy-leaf thistle -USGS

Thistle is a host plant for:
Mylitta Crescent Butterfly
Pale Crescent Butterfly
Painted Lady Butterfly

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Washington Native Plant Society

Related Books
Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest
Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary
Wildflowers of the Inland Northwest
Plants of Southern Interior British Columbia and the Inland Northwest
Northwest Penstemons: 80 Species in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

Picture of Wavyleaf thistle plant - Cirsium undulatum
Wavyleaf Thistle plant - July

Picture of Oregon Swallowtail butterfly nectaring on wavyleaf thistle
Wavyleaf thistle in August
with nectaring Oregon swallowtail butterfly

Wavyleaf thistle flowers with nectaring scoliid wasp
Wavyleaf thistle flowers
with Nemognatha blister beetles and nectaring scoliid wasp

Wavyleaf thistle flowers with nectaring steniolia sand wasps
Wavyleaf thistle flower
with nectaring steniolia sand wasps

Wavyleaf thistle flowers with pollinating mason bee
Wavyleaf thistle flower
with pollinating mason bee

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