[Coyote Thistles and Eryngos: The Genus Eryngium West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Coyote thistle as seen in a vernally moist swale near Medford, Oregon..........April 28, 2012.

Dried stalks of the previous year's growth of coyote thistle as seen atop Upper Table Rock to the northwest of Medford, Oregon.........April 28, 2012.