Pretty Scotch Thistle Flowers  ❀  ƹ̵̡ӝ̵̨̄ʒ
Channel: zuditaka
Date: 19/11/2014

Thistle do nicely!  (◕‿-)  ❤

Is this the Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium)? I am no expert on weeds, but have always known this as "Scotch thistle" since childhood. It certainly looks like the Scotch thistle flower one might see on a packet of tasty Scotch shortbread. It's certainly a long way from home. (How did it get all the way from cool Scotland to out here in the hot and dry "arsehole of the universe"?) The pretty pink/mauve-ish flowers certainly attract butterflies and bees. The plants and flowers have an overall attractive and geometric look about them--as if they were designed by somebody with excellent technical drawing skills. When I was a kid, each floating piece of Scotch thistledown was called a "Santa Claus"--like an old man's white and fluffy beard? You were supposed to catch the piece of thistledown, close your eyes and make a wish for a Christmas gift, and then blow it into the wind. However, I don't recall any wishes ever coming true!  :/

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