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Globe Thistle

Globe Thistle
Woke up this morning to find freshly fallen snow : (

I love photographing these gorgeous Globe Thistles at any stage. This one was growing at the Reader Rock Garden on 7 August 2013. In Calgary, we have seen them growing wild at one of the natural areas (can't think of the name of the place, as it's not a place we normally go to). Not sure, but I believe this is Echinops ritro.

"Echinops ( /ˈɛkɨnɒps/) is a genus of about 120 species of thistles in the daisy family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They are native to Europe east to central Asia and south to the mountains of tropical Africa." From Wikipedia.

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 LeapFrog
LeapFrog
Ha, snow is fine ... as long as you have such blistering warm temps like -5C ... LOL ... we had had little snow, but bitterly cold temps for the past few days ... makes it difficult to be in the park ... :)) ... excellent lighting and details to this Globe Thistle ... they are amazingly beautiful plants and they do have magnificent florets ... to makeup the entire flower!!
10 years ago.
 Bob Taylor
Bob Taylor club
Distinctive, lovely. Superb detail!
10 years ago.
 Jan
Jan
That is just DIVINE ! !
Thanks for posting in:
Beautiful Flowers
10 years ago.

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