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[drumstick diva]

They are Thistle plants, and they have stickies that attach to you, your clothes, anything passing by. They stick tight, and if they get a grip on your skin, often part of them breaks off in your skin and can travel from one side to another, causing irritation , Very annoying you don't want them in your eyes or any pets. They are a persistent weed.

I've read that the man that developed VELCRO did so after removing thistle from his dog and exploring what made them stick so tightly.

 

[poult]

They are Thistle plants,  and they have stickies that attach to you, your clothes, anything passing by.  They stick tight, and if they  get a grip on your skin, often part of them breaks off in your skin and can travel from one side to another, causing irritation ,  Very annoying you don't want them in your eyes or any pets.  They are a persistent weed.

I've read that the man that developed  VELCRO  did so after removing thistle from his dog and exploring what made them stick so tightly.

I was just hoping for a name XD haha I have actually a lot of experience with these very irritating plants they spread very easily. -.-

 

[theoldchick]

I spray them with Round-up in the pasture and hay field. However is the 'buffer zone' they thrive and attract butterflies and other bugs like crazy.

 

[poult]

Our horse when he was a colt would eat those he use to choose them over apples he liked them so much but he stopped and then our neighbor said they were poisonous.....

 

[drumstick diva]

I once got a piece of thistle that broke off under the skin(my palm) I tried mightily to remove it but it submerged. I figured it had to come up sometime, it did months later, at the far end of my palm. I saw a tiny red spot, and had some irritation. Aha, I got it that time and cursed it up and down for annoying me.

 

[drumstick diva]

Poult I guess the horse heard the chatter about it being poisonous

 

[theoldchick]

 

[theoldchick]

 

[poult]

I once got a piece of thistle that broke off under the skin(my palm)  I tried mightily  to remove it but it submerged.  I figured it had to come up sometime, it did months later, at the far end of my palm.   I saw a tiny red spot,  and had some irritation.  Aha, I got it that time and cursed it up and down  for annoying me. 

That sucks!!! Yeah splinters can be a real pain sometimes some are worse then others depending on what tree or plant they came from.Good thing it's gone now though!

 

[poult]

Poult  I guess the horse heard the chatter about it being poisonous

Haha! Yeah he must have! It looked so painful we didn't understand why'd he want to eat them but he did