This is a link to my favorite edible plants!! Edible Plants
- Branching, erect biennial, 2 to 6 feet tall
- Rosettes form in first year, flowering stems the second
- Long, sharp spines on the leaves at the midrib and the tips of the lobes
- Leaves are deeply lobed and hairy - there are coarse hairs on leaf tops, making leaf feel rough to the touch, and woolly hairs on the underside
- Leaf bases extend down onto stems and form spiny wings along the stems
- Pink-magenta flower heads top each stem
- Flower heads are "gumdrop" shaped and spines extend all around the base of the flower heads
- Flowering June to September