I found about 20 of these plants in a cow pasture just east of
Chatfield, Tx.
They look rather formidable with spines and striped leaves.
They did not have any flowers and I looked at all the Texas plant
websites that
I know of without any luck.
Perhaps someone can ID these for me?

Small pics web page:
http://home.comcast.net/~pyats/site/
Large pics:
http://home.comcast.net/~pyats/site/?/photos/