Carduus nutans   Musk or Nodding Thistle

 

 

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I tend to find this more on neutral or basic soils and also on grassy hillsides. It's so spiny that even if the sheep are in the same field they won't touch it.  It flowers in summer but continues late with good flowers well into Autumn

Hillside near Cwm, North Wales 10th October 2004

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Added on 11th October 2004, amended on December 27th 2004