Purple Thistle
by Marty Fancy
Title
Purple Thistle
Artist
Marty Fancy
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Description
Bull Thistle found at Albion Basin, Alta, Utah.
Bull thistle is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is now found on every continent except Antarctica. It is thought to have been introduced to eastern North America during colonial times and to western North America in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Bull thistle is now considered the most common rangeland thistle in western North America. Bull thistle is typically a biennial forb. In the juvenile phase, plants form a rosette with a taproot up to 28 inches long. Rosettes can grow to 3 feet in diameter. During the second year, stems grow 1 to 6 feet tall, often with many spreading branches. Bull thistle reproduces and spreads entirely from seeds. Plants produce about 100 to 300 seeds per flowerhead, and anywhere from 1 to over 400 flowerheads per plant. The majority of seeds fall close to the parent plant and dense patterns of seedlings radiate outward from the parent plant. Seed viability is generally high.
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January 20th, 2018
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Comments (6)
Gary F Richards
Magnificent close-up capture and artwork! Fl …voted in the CLOSE UPS OF PURPLE FLOWERS contest!
Randy Rosenberger
Your excellence in your submission of this work is worthy of special recognition, and I am seeing to it, that this happens in the WFS group. I am so happy to have you as an active member of our family of friends and fine artists, who support one another by comments, likes, faves, sharing, etc. Thanks for all your efforts to make our group so special by having a fine artist like yourself among many other fine artists that make our group so special.
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