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Melancholy Thistle Look under its leaves for the very distinctive silver underside. Cirsium heterophyllum,Cumbria,Melancholy Thistle,Swindale Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Melancholy Thistle

Look under its leaves for the very distinctive silver underside.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Good that you include that identification key, remarkable how many purple thistles there are. Posted 4 years ago
    1. View NattyOne's profile
      NattyOne
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      Thanks, it is unmistakeable once you look at the leaves, but as with many thistles they're relatively tall so getting a picture with everything in, isn't very useful and you'd need someone to turn the leaf over. Posted 4 years ago

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The Melancholy Thistle

''Cirsium heterophyllum'', the melancholy thistle, is an erect spineless herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the sunflower family Asteraceae. It is native to Europe and western Asia, where it grows in upland meadows, grasslands, road verges and open woodland.

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Uploaded Jul 28, 2021. Captured Jul 15, 2021 10:08.
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  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/9.0
  • 1/512s
  • ISO500
  • 400mm