Here and there in meadow: look for a thistle with dark-coloured, purple-tinged leaves.
Spotters' score: 8
ref: p.258/9a
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| Short/tall, little branched, purple-tinged. Leaves dark green, long and thin, wavy-edged and spiny, cottony white beneath. Flowerheads deep red-purple, 10-15mm, in clusters with stalks spineless at the top; June-September. Here and there in meadow: look for a thistle with dark-coloured, purple-tinged leaves. Spotters' score: 8 ref: p.258/9a
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