Is this THISTLE and is it edible?

ZEROPILOT · Dec 17, 2014

I have thistle in my yard with tiny purple flowers. I pick it and my torts love it. This thing popped up in my garden. I did not plant it. It just showed up. I haven't used it for feed yet. It looks like a "ginormous" thistle plant.

tortadise · Dec 17, 2014

A pic would help.

ZEROPILOT · Dec 17, 2014

Lemme try again...

tortadise · Dec 17, 2014

10-4 there's a bunch of thistle species too, milk thistle, sow thistle. I know milk thistle is good. But they have to be small plants. The big guys can get some seriously sharp spines on them.

ZEROPILOT · Dec 17, 2014

These leaves have a small amount of fine fuzz. Soft.

Yvonne G · Dec 17, 2014

That's one of those prickly sow thistle, prickly lettuce weeds. I never can tell the difference between them, but they're both edible.

Yvonne G · Dec 17, 2014

...WAIT...you said PURPLE flowers? The picture looks yellow. If they're purple it might be chicory.

ZEROPILOT · Dec 18, 2014

They are yellow. The smaller thistles have the purple flowers.

Is this THISTLE and is it edible?

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