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Different flowers of milk thistle buds isolated on a white background. Silybum marianum.
Scottish Thistle
Silybum marianum or milk thistle purple flower used in medicine isolated transparent background
Echinops flower bud.
Image taken in May in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Flowering Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum). Also known as Marian's Thistle, St. Mary's Thistle, Holy Thistle, and Blessed Thistle. Historically used as a medicinal herb. An invasive species in many areas.
Flower of wild milk thistle flower silybum marianum garden
Close up of a bull or common thistle (cirsium vulgare) in spring.
Close up of an unopened thistle flower head. Cirsium. Selective focus. Areas out of focus.
Close up view of a bee on a thistle flower
Thistle on a white background
Cotton Thistle, Onopordum acanthium, sometimes posited as the Scotch Thistle, against a natural green background with copy space.
dried blue thistle flower closeup in white back
Close up of Seed heads of coneflower (Echinacea sp.) in late autumn or early winter
Silybum marianum or milk thistle purple flower used in medicine isolated transparent background.
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) on its way to blossom
Thistle flower and leaves with prickles isolated against white
Thistle close up
Nature's resilience: A solitary thistle stands tall amidst the sprawling fields, a testament to its strength and beauty in the face of the elements.  #FieldElegance #NatureResilience
Close-up of a fluffy fuchsia-purple flower.
A closeup of an onopordum armenum bud in a meadow with a blurry backgroun
Scotch (or Scottish) thistle (Onopordum acanthium) is also known as cotton thistle. The photograph shows how it looks in its second year, which is when it grows to measure about 7 feet (over 2 metres) in height.  Scotch thistle is biennial. At first a spiny rosette shows itself while a deep tap root is developing under the soil. In the second year, the large central stem grows and classic and impressive purple thistle flowers grow from June to July. It has been suggested that gardeners might plant this thistle deliberately just for this impressive display, together with its overall attractive pale grey-green colour. The ground in which this thistle flourishes was cleared of brambles just a year ago, with a view to turning the land into allotments for local gardeners. In the meantime, living seeds have developed, and now the area grows foxgloves, opium poppies, scarlet pimpernel, red dead-nettle, Rumex, purple vetch, stinging nettles and groundsel, to name but a few, in addition to the Scotch thistle.
Plants of Europe with purple or pink colours.
wild flower in close up
Asteraceae  in spring
Milk thistle (Silybum marianum)
green background thistle
green flowers garden background
Bavaria Germany
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