This
tough, rigid plant is common all over the British Isles. It grows
by the roadside and on grassland and can be seen in bloom from
June until October or later. The stem is upright, branching in
the upper part, and usually about two feet high. The leaves are
roughly hairy, the lower ones toothed or lobed. The flower-heads,
composite, with purple florets, are solitary on the ends of the
branches.
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