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Melancholy Thistle A beautiful thistle seen on road verges, in hay meadows and unimproved grassland. It has very distinctive silver undersides to its leaves. Cirsium heterophyllum,Cumbria,Melancholy Thistle,Swindale Click/tap to enlarge

Melancholy Thistle

A beautiful thistle seen on road verges, in hay meadows and unimproved grassland. It has very distinctive silver undersides to its leaves.

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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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Similar species: Asterales
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Uploaded Jul 28, 2021. Captured Jul 15, 2021 10:04.
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  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/9.0
  • 1/512s
  • ISO500
  • 400mm