Tall and hairless, but prickly on steams and leaves, with dead stalks and flowerheads persisting through winter. Leaves long and pointed, with white pimples - mostly in a rosette on the ground, but those up the stems being narrower and often cupped at the base. Flowers pale purple, in a conical, spiny head; July-August. Here and there on meadow borders. Spotters' score: 6 ref: p.236/5 |
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