Thistle or Sea Creature
by Clare Bevan
Title
Thistle or Sea Creature
Artist
Clare Bevan
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Photograph - Photo Picture
Description
Just one of the many varieties of thistle that grow in Southern Europe. Out the counrtyside in Andalucia I found this beauty glowing in the sun. In Southern Spain we get many types of thistle from Milk Thistle to Wild Artichokes to Star Thistles.
Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles often occur all over the plant – on surfaces such as those of the stem and flat parts of leaves. These are an adaptation that protects the plant against herbivorous animals, discouraging them from feeding on the plant. Typically, an involucre with a clasping shape of a cup or urn subtends each of a thistle's flowerheads.
In the language of flowers, the thistle (like the burr) is an ancient Celtic symbol of nobility of character as well as of birth, for the wounding or provocation of a thistle yields punishment.
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Clare Bevan Photography
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May 15th, 2014
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