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Teasel Teasel
Dipsacus fullonum
Height up to 2m

Biennial of damp grassland on heavy, often disturbed, soils. Produces rosette of spine-coated leaves in first year. In second year, conical heads of purple flowers are borne on tall, angled and spined stems, July­August. Dead heads persist.
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