Wild Thistle in Salmon Idaho
By Greenthumb
- 20 Mar, 2010
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I saw the flower of the globe artichoke Scotsgran posted, and was amazed how this wild thistle resembled it! One of my favorite flowers out there. Wish I had a closer shot. From a scanned photo
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This picture is awesome
20 Mar, 2010
TT...LOL! The foxtail grass gets very russet colored through the end of summer. A lovely look but it reseeds something terrible and the seeds get stuck in dog noses like thorns. Its all over my garden here too, but I pull it all out and don't let the seed heads get going.
Thank you Rkalyan. This is the ravine behind the house I grew up in. I always loved these big thistles and recently learned how similar they are to the artichoke or globe thistle.
21 Mar, 2010
Interesting the seeds getting stuck in dogs' noses.
Sounds like you do well to pull out a lot of the grass from your garden area..
I like the salmon colour...
21 Mar, 2010
I had a go at editing your photograph on my picture manager and although I was able to see a bit more clearly it was not too clear so I went hunting on the internet. I thought your thistle looked like our scotch thistle. It too grows in the Salmon valley. Artichoke is a thistle so they are not too dissimilar, but the artichoke is not as spiny as the thistle. Your photo is lovely.
21 Mar, 2010
I am still looking for one better....lol. This wasn't what I expected. :-) I have matched it to scotch thistle, but the artichoke, never. I'll flip through some photos, see if I can come up with a close up. I must have one, I love them so much.
21 Mar, 2010
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