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I think this is a Marsh Thistle [Cirsium palustre], one of many in rough pasture... (more)

Tags: plant:Cirsium   type:Close LookX   subject:FloraX   top:GrasslandX   Rough PastureX   place:Scottish BordersX   plant:ThistleX   top:UplandsX   top:Wild Animals, Plants and MushroomsX  

Detail of an unopened flowering head, one from NT2469 : Spear Thistle - Cirsium vulgare by a path in the Braid Hills.

Tags: place:Braid HillsX   plant:Cirsium   type:Close LookX   place:EdinburghX   subject:FloraX   top:LowlandsX   top:Suburb, Urban FringeX   plant:ThistleX   top:Wild Animals, Plants and MushroomsX  

Young and older flowering heads by a path in the Braid Hills.

Tags: place:Braid HillsX   plant:Cirsium   type:Close LookX   place:EdinburghX   subject:FloraX   FlowersX   top:LowlandsX   top:PathsX   top:Suburb, Urban FringeX   plant:ThistleX   top:Wild Animals, Plants and MushroomsX  

At the edge of St Mary's churchyard, looking southwest. Beyond is a grass... (more)

Tags: plant:Cirsium   place:EdinburghX   FieldX   subject:FloraX   type:GeographX   Golf CourseX   top:GrasslandX   top:LowlandsX   near:RathoX   top:Sport, LeisureX   plant:ThistleX   TreesX   top:Village, Rural SettlementX   top:Wild Animals, Plants and MushroomsX   top:Woodland, ForestX