Photo: Rhaponticum cynaroides 2.
Botanical name:
Flowerstalk with seedhead. Gothenburg bot.g., Sweden. Planted. 2007-07-12.
Rhaponticum cynaroides (DC.) Less.
Bot. syn.: Centaurea cynaroides Link, Cnicus centauroides L., Leuzea centauroides (L.) Holub., Rhaponticum centauroides (L.) O.Bolos non G. Don, Serratula cynaroides DC., Stemmacantha centauroides (L.) Dittrich.
Flowerstalk with seedhead. Gothenburg bot.g., Sweden. Planted. 2007-07-12.
Flowerheads, all flowered out. Kew Garden, London, UK. Planted. 2005-09-12.
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