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Thistles the bane of my Texas garden, but I have to admit close up and in limited numbers I really think they are beautiful.. Just don’t pick them without gloves on or you’ll regret it..
Season: Summer
Location: USA
Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles often occur all over the plant – on surfaces such as those of the stem and flat parts of leaves. These are an adaptation that protects the plant against herbivorous animals, discouraging them from feeding on the plant. Typically, an involucre with a clasping shape of a cup or urn subtends each of a thistle’s flowerheads.
The term thistle is sometimes taken to mean exactly those plants in the tribe Cynareae (synonym: Cardueae),1 especially the genera Carduus, Cirsium, and Onopordum.2 However, plants outside this tribe are sometimes called thistles, and if this is done thistles would form a polyphyletic group.
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I have to agree with you, the thistle is a very invasive weed but it is unique and beautiful
Thanks Bryon
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This is beautiful – the thistle, the capture and the processing all blend to make a fabulous image !!
Thanks Mathide
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By the way I didn’t process this it’s basically what came out of the camera’s DOF.
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Agree, a great detailed capture
Thanks Kala
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