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Jul 29, 2016 17:20:04 #

Brigand Loc: Montréal, Québec - Canada

Who knows this?

Jul 29, 2016 17:33:26 #

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

Not me.

Jul 29, 2016 17:34:07 #

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Brigand wrote:

Who knows this?

It looks similar to the thistle I photographed last Sunday.
A different variety perhaps?

{ look at last image in http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-401694-1.html }

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Jul 29, 2016 17:57:35 #

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

I don't know what it is, but it sure looks neat.
Nice capture.

Jul 30, 2016 08:58:46 #

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

It'a a thistle--can't tell you the variety.

Jul 30, 2016 09:20:20 #

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

It appears to be in the thistle family - but to help with ID - please post photos of the leaves and let us know the location in which it was growing - was it in Canada, or were you visiting Namibia, or Arizona, etc.

Jul 30, 2016 09:23:40 #

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

I found this online:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/white-thistle-rosanne-jordan.html

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Jul 30, 2016 09:33:23 #

ImageBearer Loc: It depends on the season

Also wondering if it could be teasel, which looks a lot like thistle.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=teasel+plant+identification&view=detailv2&&id=1A17D0CC44AD11F868A3494DDE1485EC4959EC95&selectedIndex=5&ccid=nhjKgFMB&simid=607995318120808856&thid=OIP.M9e18ca805301271983491ee7041ebd5bo0&ajaxhist=0

Jul 30, 2016 09:44:26 #

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

ImageBearer wrote:

This is why seeing the leaves is essential to identifying the plant {says he who didn't pay any attention at all to leaves when taking pictures of flowers six days ago - frankly I thought about identifying the plants only after my walk was completely over}

Jul 30, 2016 09:49:39 #

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

ImageBearer wrote:

That's what my brother always called them, after he moved to the city, so that's probably right. To us farmers, they've always just been another variety of thistles.

Jul 30, 2016 10:12:01 #

ImageBearer Loc: It depends on the season

After reading this, I think it could be thistle:

http://www.botanicalaccuracy.com/2014/01/teasels-tousled-with-thistles.html

"So, can you tell teasels and thistles apart? Thistles have many (involucral) bracts below the flower head that form a cup below the flowers. In teasels, there are just a few long bracts that stick out below the flower head. The teasels have lots of sharp parts in the actual flower head, so the flower head looks like a spiny ball the whole season. In thistles, the bracts below the flower stays, but there are no persistent spiny parts inside among the flowers themselves. The fruits, which are little nut-like, single-seeded achenes have a feathery pappus for wind-dispersal in thistles, but are naked in teasels. Good teasel photos are available on invasive.org."

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Jul 30, 2016 10:37:14 #