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Great Globe Thistle
Posted by Steven (Chicagoland, United States) on 3 September 2010 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
Great globe thistles are stalwart perennials that produce metallic-blue blossoms with perfectly round flower heads atop ribbed stems. Plants grow two to five feet tall and almost as wide. The spiny-edged leaves are white and woolly underneath.
This thistle appears yearly in the back yard and it shocked me the first time I saw something so eye-catching off of a common weed.
Photo captured July 28, 2010.
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Tamara from Aarschot, Belgium
Beautiful colors... nice you had a "visitor" for the shot ;) Have a great day Steven !
3 Sep 2010 8:32am
Sunder from Chennai, India
Great shot..Love the details and ...yes of course the "visitor" as Tamara says...
Great capture of the intricacies and marvellous nature..
3 Sep 2010 5:11pm
Antoine from France
Superb photo and great details. Excellent work Steven. Have a lovely afternoon Steven.
3 Sep 2010 7:08pm
Steven from Chicagoland, United States
My apologies for my absence providing you comments as I have been whisked out of town on Thursday. Hope to be back on Tuesday.
4 Sep 2010 4:55am
Dutçh from Chicagoland, United States
A thistle with a surprise, the bee! Have a good holiday weekend!
5 Sep 2010 2:00am
Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom
What a work of art this is . . a fantastic construction for a flower !
5 Sep 2010 3:36pm
vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Québec, Canada
Great thistle indeed, and a bee as bonus!
8 Sep 2010 2:56pm
SONY DSLR-A300
1/100 second
F/5.6
ISO 200
55 mm
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