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Spanish-oyster thistle

Scolymus hispanicus

Photo by Jopy
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Field Notes

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

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Jopy
Thank you, Tina, for for link! it helped a lot and I found the ID :)
Tiz
This might be a clue to something: http://se.photaki.com/picture-carlina-corymbs-gul-tistel_329996.htm
Jopy
Thanks! It's time for you to buy some newer publication :) I will do all my effort these days to find ID...
Tiz
Beautiful one! Could not find it in any of my fauna books in my summer house! But they are from the mid 50s :)

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PublishedJuly 13, 2014

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