Cirsium erisithales aka Yellow Thistle

Cirsium erisithales, also known as the yellow thistle or yellow melancholy thistle, is a clump-forming perennial herbaceous plant in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. It can reach a height of up to 1.5m and has sticky stems and long, deeply divided, spiny leaves. In the summer, it produces tall stems with nodding, thistle-like flowers that have tubular, light yellow petals. The plant belongs to the thistle tribe within the sunflower family and typically grows to a height of 50-150 millimeters. Its erect stems are almost hairless and it features just a few leaves with tooth-shaped lobes. The flower heads are solitary or in groups and are a vibrant lemon yellow color.