What do you call these?
What do you call these?
Their most recognised name is a thistle, a Scottish thistle in most cases. The one above is the commonly seen form, lacking height and lacking a flower and/or bud. We all know them because everyone at some point has stepped on a tiny thistle in their yard and screamed in pain. Or at least everyone I've ever met here in Michigan. Anyways, I grew up calling these "pickers" and I've only seen reference to this variant once or twice online. I'm wondering if this is a strictly Michigan thing or if it is more common? How do you call these plants?
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I've always called them thistles as well. I don't think I've heard anyone call them "pickers", although admittedly I don't recall seeing a lot of them growing up.
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Re: What do you call these?
Spiky plant.
tbh I only recognise that it's a thistle if it has the purple flower on the top.
Also, in English it's not "How do you call..." but "What do you call..." – this is an exceedingly common L2 error, and I'd expect better from even you Viktor...
tbh I only recognise that it's a thistle if it has the purple flower on the top.
Also, in English it's not "How do you call..." but "What do you call..." – this is an exceedingly common L2 error, and I'd expect better from even you Viktor...
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Re: What do you call these?
Plant.
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Blame Spanish and French. They've corrupted my English.finlay wrote:Spiky plant.
tbh I only recognise that it's a thistle if it has the purple flower on the top.
Also, in English it's not "How do you call..." but "What do you call..." – this is an exceedingly common L2 error, and I'd expect better from even you Viktor...
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Re: What do you call these?
Thistle.
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Re: What do you call these?
Same thought here.finlay wrote:Spiky plant.
tbh I only recognise that it's a thistle if it has the purple flower on the top.
Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
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Re: What do you call these?
Tistel, ofcource.
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Also, i'm not 100% that that would even be called a thistle here anyway. Not sure though.Travis B. wrote:Same thought here.finlay wrote:Spiky plant.
tbh I only recognise that it's a thistle if it has the purple flower on the top.
Re: What do you call these?
thistle
(i do mispronounce them as distle though... (no IPA provided))
(i do mispronounce them as distle though... (no IPA provided))
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I call it a weed. Then I run it over with the lawnmower. ALONG WITH ITS FORTY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, YOUR SOCIETY SHALL FALL BEFORE MY WHEELING BLADES OF DEATH MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
Re: What do you call these?
Thistle or sticker.
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It looks a bit more like a nettle to me, but that could just be the angle. I'd call it a thristle/hristle.
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Re: What do you call these?
stickers/thistle
Prickers would be a kind of blackberry vine to me.
Prickers would be a kind of blackberry vine to me.
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Re: What do you call these?
If I didn't know any better I would say it were a plant from the tundra.Viktor77 wrote:
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Never knew they were called thistles. I would be inclined to just call them 'prickly plants'.
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That is most definitely a thistle. I should know, I fell on top of one when I was ten and got its evil prickles of death stuck all in my hand.
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In the arid parts of Central Texas they were called "Mexican thistles".
What I remember most about them is that they could still hurt your feet even through shoes. Or, they hurt my feet through my shoes, anyway.
What I remember most about them is that they could still hurt your feet even through shoes. Or, they hurt my feet through my shoes, anyway.
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Re: What do you call these?
That's a Distel for me. Not that it would matter, though.
Re: What do you call these?
Pine tree.
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Xephyr wrote:Pine tree.
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Re: What do you call these?
If it had the flower, I'd call it a thistle--or rather, I'd recognize it as a thistle. Without the flower, it'd just be a prickly plant of some sort.
Re: What do you call these?
a thistle, at least with the flower. without i would be unsure.
though i can never remember how to tell a scotch thistle from a nodding thistle (both are a pain in the arse to get rid of, one is, if memory serves, bad enough that you can get in legal trouble for Not eliminating it around here. the other is used as fodder for honey bees and makes great honey)
though i can never remember how to tell a scotch thistle from a nodding thistle (both are a pain in the arse to get rid of, one is, if memory serves, bad enough that you can get in legal trouble for Not eliminating it around here. the other is used as fodder for honey bees and makes great honey)
Re: What do you call these?
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