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By Weeds11


Teasal

This was growing beside the Highway in the Palouse in Eastern Washington State.



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We have them here as well~fascinating when dried!

28 Dec, 2008

 

Lovely shot. Birds love them when dry.

28 Dec, 2008

 

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.

28 Dec, 2008

 

Lovely photo Weeds.

29 Dec, 2008

 

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 .

23 May, 2009

 

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!

24 May, 2009



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