Cirsium vinaceum

A rare plant found only at cold springs at high elevations in the Sacramento Mountains. The only Cirsium in New Mexico with broad, deep red phyllaries, resembling Carduus nutans in this respect.

Plant habit at Bluff Spring in the Sacramento Mountains, 8 Jul 2007.

Pseudanthia at Bluff Spring, 8 Jul 2007.

A lower cauline leaf at Bluff Spring, 8 Jul 2007.

Plant habit at Bluff Spring, 8 Jul 2007.

A pseudanthium at Bluff Spring, 8 Jul 2007.