23: Cotton or Scotch Thistle ↔ Onopordum Acanthium

Cotton or Scotch Thistle ↔ Onopordum Acanthium
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Shakespeare Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NYC, NY.
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4 comments so far...

Fizgig August 10, 2017, 06:09 PM

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Marvin Matthews August 11, 2017, 07:28 PM

Now that really does look wicked ! We have our thistles, but you can keet these ! These look impossible to eradicate! Ours, with years of patience, can be killed.

Fizgig August 11, 2017, 07:50 PM

@Marvin... No reason to kill these ornamental hybrids... They're strikingly beautiful! Besides that, they're not invasive nor aggressive. Thistles are invaluable to many butterfly species & native ones shouldn't be eradicated unless absolutely necessary.