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Arizona thistle


Arizona thistle
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Copyright: petru damsa (petrudamsa) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 572 W: 77 N: 699] (2450)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2001-09
Categories: Desert
Camera: Minolta HT-SI, Minolta AF 35-70
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-11-21 5:24
Viewed: 1159
Points: 2
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Name: Cirsium arizonicum
Family: Compositae (Asteraceae)

It grows up to 1,5 m high, having bright red flowers, hairy and spined leaves. It blooms all summer and beginning of autumn.
It likes a wetter habitat than the Sonoran Desert, growing in the next vegetation zones: chaparral and ponderosa pine forests. Native-americans use this plant for medicinal purposes.

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  • Dave Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 527 W: 47 N: 674] (2171)
  • [2005-11-21 21:56]

Pretty color this thistle has. The fill flash works well to make this photo stand out.
Nicely captured!
Thanks for sharing,
Dave

I am curious about how hard it is to harvest the seeds from thistles now that I know some birds love them :-) I've spent a small amount of time in the Sonoran Desert. We used to pull up lawn chairs in the evening and sit back to enjoy the lightning displays. They were awesome. I have never seen any prettier anywhere else, and it was almost a daily evening event.

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