JudithO Looks like it belongs in a strange desert ;)
Jennifer Faye Nice picture!
Kevin Drum It was growing next to some defunct train tracks, not far from where I feed the feral cats.
Jennifer Oh, I think this explains the photo from the next day that I just saw. ^.^ The fact that you're feeding feral cats that is.
Kevin Drum I guess it's a partially bloomed musk thistle per my wife's Google fu.