Young tubular flower of the spear thistle. The Walsingham Farm, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa (2024). Also called Scottish thistle or bull thistle. A spiny, herbaceous, biennial plant, with a large basal rosette of leaves, a deep taproot, and a flowering stem growing from the center of the rosette up to 1.5 m high.… Continue reading Spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
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Nodding thistle (Carduus nutans)
Close-up on a budding flower. The Walsingham Farm, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape (2024). Also called musk thistle, or nodding plumeless thistle. A spiny, herbaceous, biennial plant, with sharp spines that densely covers the stems and leaf margin, giving the plant a spiny texture. Leaves dark green and bipinnately lobed.Flower heads are large, red, pink or… Continue reading Nodding thistle (Carduus nutans)
Spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Young tubular flower of the spear thistle. The Walsingham Farm, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape (2024). Also called Scottish thistle or bull thistle. A spiny, herbaceous, biennial plant, with a large basal rosette of leaves, a deep taproot, and a flowering stem growing from the center of the rosette up to 1.5 m high. Stems have… Continue reading Spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
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