Current management practices: annually hand pull or dig around rosettes if thistle has bloomed, clip off flowers, buds, and fruiting bodies to prevent seed production mow population before flower buds ...

It is called a thistle cup because its shape is designed to look like the head of a thistle flower. The base is rounded and the rim turns outwards at the edge, which copies the shape of the flower.

Sow thistle is commonly found in crops, gardens and waste areas. As with many members of the Asteraceae family, it starts life as a rosette, and then bolts to form an upright flower stem. Sow thistle ...