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	Dipsacus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Teasels are easily identified with their prickly stem and leaves, and the inflorescence of purple, dark pink or lavender flowers that form a head on the end of the stem(s).
		Teasels are also occasionally grown as ornamental plants, and the dried heads are used in floristry.
		Teasels have been naturalised in many regions away from their native range, partly due to the import of Fuller's Teasel for textile processing, and partly by the seed being a contaminant mixed with crop seeds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Teasel (540 words)

	Invasive Plants of Ohio - Factsheet 15 - Common and Cut-leaved Teasel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Teasels are non-native biennials or short-lived perennials, that grow as a rosette for a minimum of one year, send up a tall flowering stalk and then die after setting seed.
		Teasels are native to Eurasia and northern Africa.
		Teasels were also used commercially for combing wool.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /dnap/invasive/15teasel.htm (492 words)

	Teasel
		The small bluish-lavender flowers of teasel (July-October) are tubular and are borne in a flowerhead surrounded by sharp spiny bracts.
		Teasel is thought to have diuretic, sweat-inducing, and stomach-soothing properties, cleansing the system and improving digestion.
		A native of Europe, teasel is naturalized in North America from Quebec to Ontario, from New England south to North Carolina and west to Utah, and in the Pacific Northwest states, especially in areas where teasel was once cultivated.
	www.herbs2000.com /herbs/herbs_teasel.htm (444 words)

	WDNR - Invasive Plant Species - Common Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum subsp. sylvestris) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The leaves of cut-leaved teasel are broader and have feathering lobes.
		Teasel is currently used in horticultural plantings and dried flower arrangements.
		Teasel in nearby areas should also be eliminated to prevent introduction of new seed.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /invasives/fact/teasel_com.htm (808 words)

	SpaTherapy.com \| Teasel Root
		Also known as dipsacus, teasel is a flowering plant similar in appearance to a lilac, with long, cylindrical flowers and bracts (leaflike protuberances) that are curved and thorny.
		Internally, teasel root treats pain and weakness in the knees and lower back, helps repair damaged tissues such as bones and ligaments, and can control bleeding during a woman's pregnancy.
		Teasel root is also available in powder, capsule and pill form.
	www.spatherapy.com /herbcentral/teaselroot.php (446 words)

	Ohio Perrenial and Biennial Weed Guide - COMMON TEASEL
		Common teasel is a biennial member of a genus distinguished by the manner its leaves are fused around the flowering stem forming a cup that collects rainwater.
		Common teasel produces puckered leaves with scalloped edges in the form of a rosette during its first year of growth after which a 6-foot-tall prickly flower stem emerges.
		Common teasel flowers resemble those of several thistle genera, but its leaves are puckered and have spineless edges and it grows for at least a year as a basal rosette.
	www.oardc.ohio-state.edu /weedguide/singlerecordframe2.asp?id=850 (692 words)

	Working for Wildlife: Plant of the month: Teasel
		Often reaching heights of six and a half feet, the Teasel has small prickles on the stem, distinctive spiny flower heads, prickly oblong shaped leaves, and is primarily found on roadsides, wasteland, hedgerows and dykesides in the UK.
		Teasel seeds can remain viable for at least two years, and as they don't disperse all that far, most seedlings will be located around the parent plant.
		The Teasel heads were fixed on the rim of a wheel, or on a cylinder that revolved against the surface of the cloth to be 'fleeced,' thus raising the nap.
	www.workingforwildlife.org.uk /education/teasel.htm (849 words)

	Teasel, Cut-leaved and Common
		Teasel sometimes occurs in high quality prairies, savannas, seeps, and sedge meadows, though roadsides, dumps, and heavily disturbed areas are the most common habitats of teasel.
		Teasel is an aggressive exotic species that has the capacity to take over prairies and savannas if it is allowed to become established.
		Teasel rosettes remain green and active after most prairie plants have died back in the fall, and green up and start growing in the spring before many prairie plants do.
	www.inhs.uiuc.edu /edu/VMG/teasel.html (1292 words)

	Picture Teasel,Plants,Teasel Tree Pictures,Catalog,Trees Encyclopedia
		A few species of teasel are cultivated as ornamentals, some of which make an attractive addition to dried flower arrangements.
		The most commercially important teasel is the biennial species Fuller's teasel, D. sativus, whose flower head has curved bracts that have long been used to raise (to "tease") the napped surfaces on wool and other fabrics.
		The value of the teasel flower head as a comb is that its curved bracts will yield to any real obstruction and not tear the fabric as metallic combs might.
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/plantsindex.asp?counter=353 (178 words)

	DNR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Common teasel grows as a basal rosette of leaves for a minimum of one year, then sends up a flowering stalk and dies after flowering.
		Common teasel sometimes is used as an ornamental plant, and the dried flower heads are often used in flower arrangements.
		Teasel occurs widely in northern and central Illinois.
	dnr.state.il.us /lands/education/ExoticSpecies/Commonteasel.htm (249 words)

	Cut-Leaved Teasel
		Cutting off the flowerheads with a knife while leaving the rest of plant undisturbed is not adequate as a method of control, because Teasel is often strong enough to produce new flowering stalks.
		Teasel is sometimes found around cemeteries because wreaths for the deceased were made from the flowering stalks.
		Mammalian herbivores shun Cut-Leaved Teasel as a food source because the foliage and flowerheads are quite coarse and prickly.
	www.illinoiswildflowers.info /weeds/plants/cutleaf_teasel.htm (737 words)

	Cut-leaved Teasel (Dipsacus laciniatus L.) Common Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum L.)
		In Illinois, teasel sometimes occurs in high quality prairies, savannas, seeps, and sedge meadows, though roadsides, railroads, dumps and other heavily disturbed areas are the most common habitats of teasel.
		Teasels are aggressive exotic species that have the capacity to take over prairies and savannas if allowed to become established.
		The green teasel plants in areas of large infestations stop the fire from carrying into the interior of the population.
	www.mdc.missouri.gov /nathis/exotic/vegman/ten.htm (1952 words)

	Teasel
		During the second year, Teasel develops stems with opposite leaves, becoming 2½–6' tall; it branches occasionally and is rather lanky.
		Teasel is an introduced species that can invade high quality prairies and savannas.
		The flowers of Cut-Leaved Teasel are white, while those of ordinary Teasel are usually pale purple or lavender; however, strains of Teasel with white flowers may occur in the wild.
	www.illinoiswildflowers.info /weeds/plants/teasel.htm (818 words)

	Plant of the Week 10/10/2005: Teasel (Dipsacus sylvestris) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Although it looks like a thistle, family Asteraceae, teasels are in the Dipsacaceae, a family of 9 genera and about 160 species.
		Today, teasel is pretty much delegated to the dried flower industry where the flower heads (spikes and spiny bracts) are often painted silver or gold.
		Teasel was brought to North America with the wool industry.
	www.killerplants.com /plant-of-the-week/20051010.asp (389 words)

	teasel - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Teasel, common name a small family of mostly herbaceous flowering plants distributed mainly in Asia Minor and the Mediterranean area, and for its...
		Valerian (shrub), common name for a family of plants of the teasel order, and especially for any of various perennial shrubs or herbs of the...
		- teasel flower heads: the flower heads of the teasel.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /teasel.html (120 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Teasel - 'Dipsacus Fullonum' - the Plant
		Teasel is a biennial plant, which means that it germinates in its first year, and flowers in its second.
		Common Teasel is a wild plant, but a 'sub-species' was cultivated from it to form 'Fuller's Teasel', with hooked spines.
		Fuller's Teasel was cultivated from the small teasel to have larger, stiffer and spinier flower heads specifically for the job.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A4185443 (688 words)

	Teasel
		Teasel (or teazel) is an herbaceous plant of the Dipsacaceae Family.
		Teasels were purposely cultivated to providethe stiff egg-shaped cluster of spiked bracts used for combing and brushing textiles.
		During the 20th Century, the teasels were replaced by metal cards, which could be made uniform and did not require constantreplacement of carefully chosen teasels.
	www.therfcc.org /teasel-184438.html (203 words)

	Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum ssp. Sylvestris)
		Lore: Teasel was secretly brought to this continent in the early to mid nineteenth century from Europe were it was a guarded crop.
		Later farms were also established in Oregon by a member of the same family that cultivated Teasel in N. At that time the heads were then used extensively to tease or bring up the nap on woolen fabrics, a process known as "fulling" or "brushing".
		The superior effect produced by Teasel is still valued and used on a small scale for such fine woolen fabrics as cashmere and hand woven items.
	www.2bnthewild.com /plants/H179.htm (539 words)

	A Close-up View of the Wild Flower "Common Teasel". Dipsacus fullonum. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Many wild flowers are valued for their colour or scent, but it is the striking architectural character of teasel that initially captured my interest.
		Teasel grows from seed in the first year to produce a ring of leaves close to the ground.
		Teasel is unique in the plant world in the way in which it blooms.
	www.microscopy-uk.net /mag/artoct03/bjteasel.html (814 words)

	Brandywine River Museum, Andrew Wyeth, N.C. Wyeth, wyeth
		Teasel is one of the most often used components in Brandywine critters.
		Cornhusks are submerged in heavily diluted bleach (five gallons of water to two cups of bleach) for one to three days depending on the amount of mold on the shucks.
		For the legs, with pointed scissors, trim two of the 3" teasels where they will be joined with the other 3" teasel which is being used for the body.
	www.brandywinemuseum.org /critters_create.htm (1187 words)

	Teasel
		Cut-Leaved Teasel has been observed primarily in NE and central Illinois (see Distribution Map), where it is occasional to locally common.
		While Cut-Leaved Teasel is normally found in disturbed areas, it also invades high quality natural areas and can become a serious pest.
		Cut-Leaved Teasel is similar in appearance to Dipsacus sylvestris (Common Teasel), which also occurs in Illinois.
	www2.ic.edu /prairie/teasel.htm (786 words)

	common teasel Dipsacus sylvestris page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Common teasel is not a major weed for Oregon nursery growers.
		The link between 'thirst' and the plant is apparently the water that sometimes accumulates at the base of the oppositely arranged and jointed leaves.
		Teasel is a biennial that reproduces from seed.
	oregonstate.edu /dept/nursery-weeds/weedspeciespage/teasel/common_teasel_Dipsacus_sylvestris_page.html (195 words)

	Teasel, White - Wild Flowers of Sleepy Hollow Lake - An All Creatures Photo Gallery - creation, earth, environment, ...
		(Teasel, White - 1) Teasel is a native of Europe, which was planted in the United States because of its commercial value of its dried heads in the processing of wool.
		(Teasel, White - 5) This is an enlarged view of the buds of the white teasel.
		(Teasel, White - 6a) Note the thorns on the underside of the sepals (the leaf-like structures that form the calyx at the base of the flowering head of the white teasel).
	www.all-creatures.org /picb/wfshl-teaselwhite.html (654 words)

	Dipsacus fullonum L. (Teasel)
		Teasel is a native of Europe that was probably introduced in the seeds of a crop plant.
		Teasel is a prickly biennial herb with terete, striate, hollow stems.
		Because of its "sticky" characteristic, the plants seem not to be eaten by livestock and thus dominate in pastures.
	el.erdc.usace.army.mil /pmis/plants/html/dipsacus.html (172 words)

	CWMA Teasel
		Teasel is found in moist areas but can also move into disturbed sites.
		The heads of a cultivated variety of teasel are used for wool "fleecing", or raising the nap on woolen cloth.
		The roots of common teasel are also reported to have various medicinal values ranging from a remedy for jaundice to a cleansing agent (Grieve 1995).
	www.cwma.org /nx_plants/teas.htm (589 words)

	B.C. Cut-leafed Teasel
		Teasel species are biennial, in which (generally) they germinate from seed in one year, forming low-lying rosettes, then bolting the second year, forming seed heads.
		Likewise, management of teasel can be time consuming and labor intensive when manual and mechanical strategies are employed.
		Dense patches of teasel rosettes usually cannot be penetrated by fire and fire creates bare soil that teasel exploits for growth.
	www.inhs.uiuc.edu /cee/wiedenlab/Teasel.html (522 words)

	Teasel - InformationBlast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Teasels were purposely cultivated to provide the stiff egg-shaped cluster of spiked bracts used for combing and brushing textiles.
		During the 20th Century, the teasels were replaced by metal cards, which could be made uniform and did not require constant replacement of carefully chosen teasels.
		Some individuals who weave wool still use teasels for raising the nap, claiming that the result is far better.
	www.informationblast.com /Teasel.html (208 words)

	Teasel, Purple - Wild Flowers of Sleepy Hollow Lake - An All Creatures Photo Gallery - creation, earth, environment, ...
		(Teasel, Purple - 1) Teasel, a native of Europe, was planted in the United States for its commercial value.
		Teasel are thistle-like in appearance, but actually belong to their own family, Teasel (Dipsacaceae).
		Each of the irregular tubular flowers of the teasel is about 1/2 inch long and has a four-lobed corolla (open end of the flower) formed by its four petals.
	www.all-creatures.org /picb/wfshl-teaselpurple.html (345 words)

	Cut-leaved Teasel
		Teasels are monocarpic perennials, which produce a basal rosette that can grow several seasons before sending up a flower stalk after which the plants dies.
		Cut-leaved teasel is native throughout central and southern Europe and Asia.
		A closely related species, the common teasel, Dipsacus sylvestris is also widely distributed throughout the eastern United States but is not yet known to occur in Minnesota.
	www.mda.state.mn.us /invasives/teasel/default.htm (326 words)

	Article - Teasel by Arthur Lee Jacobson
		After overwintering, Teasel sends forth stiff, straight leafy stems that stand stout, are coarse, raspy, rigidly upright, much branched, and can top-out at over 9 feet in height.
		They are cherished in dried decorations and have enjoyed a long, noble history in the craft of clothiers.
		Teasel has been much grown for this purpose.
	www.arthurleej.com /a-teasel.html (378 words)

	Teasel
		The image seen is of teasel which has completed its life cycle, matured its seed and is awaiting wind, rain, animals and birds to disperse them..
		The preferred habitat of Teasel is old fields and roadsides, usually in basic or neutral soils.
		The dried flower head was placed on a spindle and used to raise the nap, or tease the cloth; hence the common name.
	wildflowers.jdcc.edu /Teasel.html (185 words)

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