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Flower head of Canada thistle, Cirsium arvense, a particularly troublesome perennial weed throughout the United States. Canada thistle seeds are among the many specimens in ARS' extensive weed seed collection, located in Beltsville, Maryland.
Photo by Peggy Greb.
