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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Boar or Mediterranean Thistle
Galactites tomentosa
- flower 1

Boar or Mediterranean Thistle
Galactites tomentosa
- flower 2

Boar or Mediterranean Thistle
Galactites tomentosa
- flower side view 1

Boar or Mediterranean Thistle
Galactites tomentosa
- flower 3

Boar or Mediterranean Thistle
Galactites tomentosa
- flower 4

Boar or Mediterranean Thistle
Galactites tomentosa
- flower 5

Boar or Mediterranean Thistle
Galactites tomentosa
- flower 6

Boar or Mediterranean Thistle
Galactites tomentosa
- flower bud 1

Boar or Mediterranean Thistle
Galactites tomentosa
- flowering plant 1

Boar or Mediterranean Thistle
Galactites tomentosa
- flowering plant 2

Boar or Mediterranean Thistle
Galactites tomentosa
- flowering plant 3

Boar or Mediterranean Thistle
Galactites tomentosa
- leaf 1

Species found naturalised in a flower bed at Bolitho Gardens, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall. 10.06.11.

Species also commonly called 'Card Blanc'; which translates to 'white thistle.

 

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.