Melancholy thistle
Cirsium helenioides
alternative placement of the species: Cirsium heterophyllum (L.) Hill — the German Wikipedia places the species under this name; GBIF accepts both names
Genus Cirsium. Family Asteraceae.
Photo: Николая Степанова
Description
Cirsium helenioides, the melancholy thistle, is a species of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. It is a perennial herb up to 120 cm tall, usually not branched. The leaves are green on top and woolly underneath, with thin spines along the edges. There is one flower head per plant, with purple (occasionally white) disc florets but no ray florets.Wikipedia
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Photographs
Photo: Александры Буздиной