Showing posts with label thistles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thistles. Show all posts
Sunday, December 03, 2017
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Thistle Flower at the Birthplace of Lincoln
I came across this flower in a field in Hodgenville, Kentucky. What makes Hodgenville particularly famous is that President Lincoln was born there.
After doing some Internet research (image databases are great!), I determined this is a musk or nodding thistle (Carduus nutans). The plant was introduced to North America from Europe in the mid to late 1800s. It is considered a weed in Kentucky and hampers hay production and animal grazing. This first image is of the flower missing from the plant, this shows the base area of the bloom.
After doing some Internet research (image databases are great!), I determined this is a musk or nodding thistle (Carduus nutans). The plant was introduced to North America from Europe in the mid to late 1800s. It is considered a weed in Kentucky and hampers hay production and animal grazing. This first image is of the flower missing from the plant, this shows the base area of the bloom.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Thistles
Here are some pictures of thistles growing in Cherokee Park in Louisville Kentucky in September of 2008.
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