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Cotton Thistle

Onopordum ambiguum

Photo by Bernadette S
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Field Notes

Description:

one of the many beautiful thistles blooming in the desert; in the second photo, you can see a black and white beetle, which we saw in many of the flower heads

Habitat:

grows in sandy areas, rocky wadis, in higher elevation; spotted in St. Katherine's Protectorate

Reference Links:

Onopordum ambiguum Classified by Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2…

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