
![Common Teasel [Dipsacus fullonum] Common Teasel [Dipsacus fullonum]](/images/July/White/IMG_1288.jpeg)
Common Name:
Common Teasel
Scientic Name:
Dipsacus fullonum
Colors:
White
Months Appearing:
July, August
Invasive, biennial and non-native. Up to 7 feet tall.
Leaves opposite, unlobed and lance-oblong. Fused together around stem. ( perfoliate). Hairless, white midvein with a few prickles on underside midrib.
Stem: scattered white prickles.
Flowers on a spike 2-4 inches long containing hundreds of tiny flowers.
Roadside, Mecosta County. August 1, 1285,1286,1288