APHOTOFLORA

An online educational resource and botanical image library dedicated to
the flora; wildflowers, trees, shrubs, ferns, liverworts and mosses, found in
South-West England, mostly around Devon and Cornwall, by David Fenwick.

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Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
- flower 1

Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
- flower 2

Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
- flower 3

Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
- flower 4

Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
- flower bud 1

Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
- flower bud 2

Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
- flower bud 3

Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
- flower side view 1

Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
- flower side view 2

Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
- flowering plant 1

Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
- flowering plants 1

Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
- leaf rosette 1

Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
- stem 1

Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
- leaf 1

Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
- stem leaf 1

Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
- leaf tip / thorn / prickle 1

A common species throughout the region. Images taken on grassland, roadsides, in hedgerows and on wasteground across the Devon and Cornwall region.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the flora of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but a few species may only be determined by observing microscopic differences that are characteristic to any one species.