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[0] Cirsium proteanum(Cirsium occidentale var. venustum) [1] Red Thistle [3] birds work flowers summer to fall, birds eat seeds summer to winter [4] Lesser goldfinch, Lawrence's goldfinch pine siskin, [5] thorny sucker that is worked hard by birds and butterflies, native to many of the foothill areas [2] 
birds eat seeds, butterflies and Anna's Hummingbird, Allen's Hummingbird like flowers
California Birds in your native plant garden
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