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Yellow Thistle (Cirsium
horridulum) You'll see yellow thistles along the main road of the Assateague refuge where the road cuts between the marshes (map). This thistle, found along most of the East Coast, flowers generally from late spring to August. The first photo was taken in late May, the second in mid- June when the white puffs of thistle seeds are carried by the wind. Most thistles are natives of Europe and Asia, and Neltje Blanchan, in Wild Flowers (The Nature Library, 1926) tells the following story:
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