Common name:
Meadow thistle
Family:
Scientific name:
Cirsium dissectum
Main flower color:
Range:
Mostly in south Wales and south/central England
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Moist grassland, fens, bogs; generally acidic soils
Flowers:
Solitary flowerheads with globular involucres, atop the stout, unwinged stems, which have a covering of white, cottony hairs. Bracts are lance-shaped, tapering to a purplish spine, not recurved, and also have a cottony coating. Disc florets are pink-purple, and extend outwards well beyond the involucre when mature
Leaves:
Ovate, unlobed, with soft spines along the (irregular) edges, and a light covering of cottony hairs on both sides
Season:
June to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
