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Anne Elliott club

Posted: 21 Oct 2012

Taken: 15 Sep 2012

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1/800 • f/4.0 • 107.9 mm • ISO 100 •

Panasonic DMC-FZ200

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Nodding Thistle

Nodding Thistle
The large Nodding or Musk Thistle is my favourite Thistle species, so I was kind of happy to notice this one when I was down in the Grand Tetons, Wyoming, US, on 15 September 2012. Though a little past its prime, I still love the arrangement of those spiky bracts. Here in Alberta, this Thistle is an invasive "weed", but I don't know how it's classified in the US.

Alberta Provincial Designation: Prohibited Noxious.

www.invasiveplants.ab.ca/Downloads/FS-NoddingThistle.pdf

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carduus_nutans
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