Also known as Dwarf Carline or Silver thistle, this is a perennial flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to alpine regions of central and southern Europe. Spiky leaves radiating from central dome, the plant grows up to half-metre. Flowers large, 12-15 cm in diameter, and creamy white; and flowers between June and September.
Appears like a crawling herbaceous perennial, or a disorderly mass of thistle-like leaves and thistle-like flowerheads thrown together on a heap. Flowerheads grows directly from the rosette, they are stemless.
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A common montane species of earth fig. About 5m tall tree. Fig fruits are growing on a long dropping stalk that reaches for the ground. Has a sweet smell when opened.
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