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Spanish-oyster thistle

Scolymus hispanicus

Description:

It is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant growing to 80 cm tall, with spiny stems and leaves. The flowerheads are bright yellow to orange-yellow, 2–3 cm diameter.

Habitat:

Mediterranean meadow

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4 Comments

Jopy
Jopy 9 years ago

Thank you, Tina, for for link! it helped a lot and I found the ID :)

Tiz
Tiz 9 years ago

This might be a clue to something: http://se.photaki.com/picture-carlina-co...

Jopy
Jopy 9 years ago

Thanks! It's time for you to buy some newer publication :) I will do all my effort these days to find ID...

Tiz
Tiz 9 years ago

Beautiful one! Could not find it in any of my fauna books in my summer house! But they are from the mid 50s :)

Jopy
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Jopy

Croatia

Spotted on Jul 12, 2014
Submitted on Jul 13, 2014

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