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Centaurea scabiosa
A native European field flower with a thistle-like purple flowerhead, and purple bracts forming a crown around the central flower. Bees and butterflies love it!
Dry grasslands, hedgerows and cliffs on lime-rich soil.
The only known foodplant for caterpillars of the moth Coleophora didymella. The deeply dissected alternating leaves help disambiguate it from other centaureas. Picked up from a nearby field and photographed in the home studio as it wouldn't stay sill in the strong wind!
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