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Purple Flowerhead
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Tairi Tappo (uduputuk)
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| Genre: Plants |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2006-06 |
| Categories: Flowers |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2006-10-15 7:12 |
| Viewed: 685 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Lactucoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
Genus: Cirsium
Species: C.heterophyllum (in English Melancholy Thistle, in Estonian villohakas)
It is a common perennial grass species in Estonia, frequent on the moorland and roadsides. Flowerhead diameter: 3-5 cm. Leaves edged with soft spines but do not feel prickly like other thistles, and are white beneath. Base leaves long-stalked, upper stem leaves stalkless and surrounding stem with large basal lobes (auricles). Stems unwinged and without spines.
The Melancholy Thistle gets its name from the way the solitary flower-head hangs downwards at the top of its tall unbranched stem.
some facts about the genus Cirsium via Wikipedia |
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Very good contrast especially in center of the flower. However I think you should use a smaller aperture to obtain a better DOF.
P.S. Did you obseve? Generaly TN members are not intrested of flowers!
