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Italian thistle, Carduus pycnocephalus, fruits are single-seeded achenes, and may either have bristles or may lack bristles.

Italian thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus) seeds. Credit: James A. O'Brien, University of California — Credit: James A. O'Brien, University of California

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