Selected images for common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum )
Common teasel is a biennial plant that exists as a basal rosette until flower stems develop. The erect flower stems reach 6 ft. (1.8 m) in height and support spiny flower heads that are covered with small, lavender to white flowers in April to September. Rosette leaves are lanceolate to oblanceolate and stem leaves are opposite, lanceolate and fused at the base. All leaves have short prickles on the midvein. Common teasel favors disturbed sites such as roadsides, ditches, waste places, riparian sites, fields and pastures in most of the continental United States. Only recently was common teasel distinguished from fullers teasel which was once cultivated for the dried flower heads used in wool processing. It is native to Europe.
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0024061 common teasel Dipsacus fullonum Steve Dewey |
1459703 common teasel Dipsacus fullonum Plant(s) Steve Dewey |
1459704 common teasel Dipsacus fullonum Foliage Steve Dewey |
1459706 common teasel Dipsacus fullonum Flower(s) Steve Dewey |
1459707 common teasel Dipsacus fullonum Infestation Steve Dewey |
1459708 common teasel Dipsacus fullonum Plant(s) Steve Dewey |
1459712 common teasel Dipsacus fullonum Infestation Steve Dewey |
1459713 common teasel Dipsacus fullonum Flower(s) Steve Dewey |
2187027 common teasel Dipsacus fullonum Plant(s) David Cappaert |
2187029 common teasel Dipsacus fullonum Flower(s) David Cappaert |
5307031 common teasel Dipsacus fullonum Plant(s) USDA PLANTS Database |
5307032 common teasel Dipsacus fullonum Seed(s) Steve Hurst |
