Purple Bristle Thistle
by Heidi Fickinger
Title
Purple Bristle Thistle
Artist
Heidi Fickinger
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Print
Description
This is a Purple Bristle Thistle (Caruus nutans), an introduced species in the mainland U.S. from Eurasia. Parts of the plant are edible, but it is considered an invasive species throughout the U.S. as it will over-compete many native plants and can also take over fields of cultivated plants. It does produce, however, a brilliant, beautiful, purple flowers that are very lovely to see.
Featured in the following FAA Group Galleries:
* Global Flower Photography
* The Image Dump
Uploaded
September 3rd, 2017
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