Teasal

We have them here as well~fascinating when dried!

Lovely shot. Birds love them when dry.

Sorry guys I got this in twice, I tried to remove and redo it to get the whole picture in and it didn't remove it. See the other version for my comment.

Lovely photo Weeds.

I saw teasal growing for the first time a few weeks ago in perthshire , its very beautiful , I asked someone what it was as it looked a bit like a thistle to me .

Hi Maccrimmon, Yes they are a thistle. Isn't it odd that something as common as a thistle can be so pretty? Even the Canadian thistles that are so ornery and stickery are very pretty in the flowering stage...if you don't touch them that is!