Thistle Do Nicely
by Larry Trupp
Title
Thistle Do Nicely
Artist
Larry Trupp
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Canada Thistle, Ciresium arvense (L) Scoop, of the Composite family;
Flowers - pink-purple or ocassionally white, 12-25mm (1/2 to 1 inch) wide, with disk florets only, usually male across, or female on one plant, more or less numerous, on spineless stalks in open, spreading clusters.
Fruit - flattened, ribbed arhenes, 4 mm (1/8 inch long) with pamppus of brownish to white feathery bristles.
Leaves - alternate, lance shaped, 5-15 cm long (2 to 6 inches) long spiny-toothed, deeply lobed to wavy along the edges.
Growth Environment - roadsdes, fields, waste places and cultivated fields, in good moisture conditions.
Captured on the shore of Lake Devonian, southwest of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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March 30th, 2013
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Comments (9)
Larry Trupp
Appreciate the Features in the Oh Canada Group...Thanks Marilyn, and Seasons of Beauty...Thanks Shawn.
Randy Rosenberger
Gorgeous display of beauty, Larry, and I love the beauty of the sky as your background. Also liked the befitting titile! fave and vote
Larry Trupp replied:
Hi Randy..I appreciate the Feature, your most kind comments, as well as the courtesy of the V/F...Many thanks my friend.