spinescent

Characters of Dipsacus, but the green leaves of the involucre and involucels not rigid nor spinescent.

Characters of Dipsacus, but the green leaves of the involucre and involucels not rigid nor spinescent.

Glabrous, somewhat spinescent, 5–10° high; leaves thin, oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, often serrulate; drupe elongated-oblong, usually pointed.—Wet river banks, S.��W.

Spinescent, ending in a spine or rigid point.

Shrubs or small trees, sometimes spinescent.