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Another sign that summer is over is to see how the thistles look after the flowering time is completely over and their tiny little flowers are gone.
What I like about this flower is the way that light hits it at that time of the day making the color disappear from one side or to say it correctly reflects it, and how the lens of the camera reacts to it.
It is sad that this format here in Flickr doesn't allow a vertical photo to show all its details and beauty like an horizontal one..
If you want to know more about this very photogenic subject, here is something to read about:
" Like the flower needs the rain..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk-7n1hdK3M
Have a great weekend everyone!
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Photography is my passion, and nature photography is my favorite.
I have been in Explore for more that a hundred times, and it is an awesome experience to have your photos showcased in such a special way.
I'm in many groups, and I only add my photos to them if they are not private.
I thank your for coming today, for leaving a comment, and make a favorite of yours this photo, (if that is the case) thanks again!
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Martha.
Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all over the plant – on the stem and on the flat parts of the leaves. These prickles are an adaptation that protects the plant from being eaten by herbivores. Typically, an involucre with a clasping shape similar to a cup or urn subtends each of a thistle's flower heads.
The comparative amount of spininess varies dramatically by species. For example, Cirsium heterophyllum has minimal spininess while Cirsium spinosissimum is the opposite. Typically, species adapted to dry environments have greater spininess.
The term thistle is sometimes taken to mean precisely those plants in the tribe Cardueae (synonym: Cynareae), especially the genera Carduus, Cirsium, and Onopordum. However, plants outside this tribe are sometimes called thistles.
Biennial thistles are particularly noteworthy for their high wildlife value, producing such things as copious floral resources for pollinators, nourishing seeds for birds like the goldfinch, foliage for butterfly larvae, and down for the lining of birds' nests.
A thistle is the floral emblem of Scotland and Lorraine, as well as the emblem of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
On one of our outings in Colorado, we came across this patch of wild thistle by a lake. I thought that the light was hitting it beautifully and decided it was worth taking a picture of.
I took a walk at my neighborhood on 16th August 2009.
You can see more details on the original size.
Please not give me multi-invitations!!
A pretty wildflower blooming now in Ohio. Goldfinch feast on the dried seeds during late summer and early autumn.
A wonderful sight to see. I haven't seen thistles since we left Étampes and I was beginning to miss them. Being by the sea is wonderful, but sometimes I miss the greenery we had in Essonne.
There was a garden on the route I took today that is really overgrown with wonderful wild flowers growing everywhere and these delightful thistles.
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