Skye Flora

Spear Thistle


Cirsium vulgare

 

Cirsium vulgare

Photo © Sue Watkins
Lochearn B&B, Bernisdale, Skye

Very common on roadsides, in fields and dry moorland.

Flower diameter c 2-4 cm

Skye ID: Stem with interrupted spiny wings.  Leaves with spines on upper surface as well as edges.

Other features: Involucral bracts (lower part of flowerhead) with yellowish spiny recurved tips.

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Cirsium vulgare

Photo © Carl Farmer
25 Aug 2002 Scorrybreac

 

Cirsium vulgare

Photo © Carl Farmer
8 Aug 2002 Portree

 

Cirsium vulgare

Photo © Carl Farmer
14 Aug 2004 Torrin


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