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Asterales / Asteraceae
Mountain meadow.
Spiky dry flowers in arid countryside in the Cornavalo Nature Reserve.
Fruits still attached to remanants of flowers
Called 'bread of the alpini' (italian mountain corps), because its center is ...
It has very spiny leaves in a rosette and a big flower in the middle.
Acanthus-leaved Thistle (Carlina ...
White flower, has sharp "leaves" and short stem
Meadow on the edge of deciduous woodland.
Carlina corymbosa, common name Clustered ...
Carlina vulgaris, the carline thistle, is a ...
Escarabeido de tamaño mediano y color oscuro. Probablemente Protaetia morio o ...
Sharp beige flower with dark "petals", pointed leaves, short stem
Carline thistle is a natural hygrometer. During dry sunny days, the petals are ...
A common summer blooming thistle. Lower leaves in a rosette, stem leaves ...
Carlina corymbosa reaches on average 10–90 ...
Also known as Dwarf Carline or Silver thistle, this is a perennial flowering ...
"xylocopa violacea" et "apis melifera ssp." butinant sur "
Distaff thistle ( Carlina or Atractylis ...
flower very low to the ground, I remember seeing more of these dotted about. no ...
The hindwing has two patches of black scales on its dorsum, which protrude when ...
Familia Apiaceae. Es una planta espinosa sin tallo aparente, y cuando raramente ...
The Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) sometimes called the Hedge Brown is a common ...
The male of this bumblebee species is black and white with a touch of yellow on ...
the continent, it has also been reported on Salvia, Teucrium scorodonia, ...
(Dutchman's breeches) is a perennial herbaceous plant, native to rich woods of ...