Milk Thistle

milk thistle
Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) Photo: Bob Ellis

There were a couple of typically large plants growing in a roadside hedge on the outskirts of Attlebridge. An easy plant to spot and identify with its marbled-white veined leaves and large capitula with spiny phyllaries.

milk thistle
Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) Photo: Bob Ellis

 

Janet Higgins
14.06.2020