Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia
Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)
Provincial Noxious Weed
creeping rooted perennial growing erect to 1.2 metres; stalkless dark green leaves with irregular
spiny lobes; flowerheads spineless and small compared to other thistles; flowers variable in colour from
rose-purple to pink to white.
only thistle with male and female flowers on separate plants