Photo: Cirsium helenioides 2.

Flowering tops. It's a lovely thistle with almost no spines - and enormous flowers. Joroinen, Finland. Wild. 2007-07-03.
Cirsium helenioides (L.) Hill Engl.: melancholy thistle. Deu.: Verschiedenblättrige Kratzdistel, Alant-Distel. Suom.: huopaohdake. Sven.: brudborste, borsttistel. Bot. syn.: Cirsium heterophyllum (L.) Hill
Personal use? Non-commercial use? Commercial use? Read the Fine Print. Comments? Tell me.
Photo: Cirsium helenioides 2.