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Cotton thistle, Eseldistel

Onopordum acanthium

Description:

Family Asteraceae, biennial plant, produced large rosette of spiny leaves the firs year. In the second year plant can grow 3 meter tall. Flowers are globe shaped.

Habitat:

Forest clearing

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1 Comment

Deny
Deny 3 years ago

Amazing bloosom colour for spotting .

Jopy
Spotted by
Jopy

Langenenslingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Spotted on Aug 1, 2019
Submitted on Jan 19, 2020

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