Teasel Reaching for the Sky
by Nick Kloepping
Title
Teasel Reaching for the Sky
Artist
Nick Kloepping
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Photograph - Digital Photo Art
Description
Dipsacus fullonum, syn. Dipsacus sylvestris, is a species of flowering plant known by the common names Fuller's teasel and wild teasel. It is native to Eurasia and North Africa, but it is known in the Americas, southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand as an introduced species and often a noxious weed. The inflorence is a cylindrical array of lavender flowers which dries to a cone of spine-tipped hard bracts. It may be 10 centimeters long. D.�fullonum is the wild form of Fuller's teasel; the cultivated form is generally recognized as a distinct species.
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June 25th, 2014
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