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$Artichokes (Cynara cardunculus) plants, with ripe artichokes globes ready for harvest, growing on an oceanside field.\n\nTaken in Santa Cruz, California, USA$

Illinois Prairie Habitat With Blue Sky Background Landscape Photography

Pink flowering thistle Cardus marianus or Saint Mary's thistle (Silybum marianum)on background of blurred greens. Milk thistle is valuable plant used for medicinal purposes. Selective focus close-up

The purple thistle flower photographed in Australia

Scottish purple thistle flower, flower of Scotland, wild plant, historical plant, thistle in the grass, close up thistle

$Tall biennial to 1,5m, stem with sharp spiny Wings to the Top, Leaves lanceolate, pinnately -lobed, spiny-margined, dull green, prickly-hairy on the upper Surface. Flower heads purple, 20-40mm, in a panicle or flat topped Cluster.\nHabitat: Grassy and waste Places, disturbed Ground, often on fertile base-rich soils. Flower Season: July-October.\nDistribution: Throughout Europe (North America), except the far North. Cosmopolite?\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation to Ireland in July 2022.$