Purple Flower - Thistle or Knapweed

Purple Flower - Thistle or Knapweed

As I was out photographing villages, I walked through a meadow of wild flowers, of which this purple flower was among them. I thought it was from the Thistle family but after looking through my flower books, I'm not so sure. It may be Knapweed?

The flower is purple with a very open, ragged, appearance and has thick, fleshy, stems with a leaf, resembling a dandelion leaf.

I thought it was very pretty and hope you will too.

Thanks for viewing. :)

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Canon - EOS Digital Rebel XT (a.k.a. 350D) 8.0 Megapixel, SLR, Digital Camera (Black) Kit with Canon 18-55mm EF-S Lens

Created by: Jas.

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Created on: June 2008

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Comments:

Jas from England on Jun 16, 2008 at 11:27 AM said:

Hi Beverly, Chriss and Mary.

Thanks for the nice comments here and am glad you liked the Knapweed. I had thought that it looked more like Knapweed than a thistle but wasn't 100% sure.

Thanks for the web site link Mary and yes, it does look the same as the image shown there.

Marysham from USA on Jun 9, 2008 at 10:35 AM said:

Nice catch Jas. Does it look like the photo here which is Knapweed?

http://accipiter.hawk-conservancy.org/images/Lesser%20knapweed.jpg

Chriss35 from England on Jun 8, 2008 at 5:55 PM said:

A very nice sharp image Jas, Chriss to the rescue yes it's a Knapweed which is the common name, most will know it as a Cornflower and the Latin name is Centaurea. very enjoyable Chriss :)

Talsi from USA on Jun 8, 2008 at 3:51 PM said:

Other than being a pretty little wild flower, I don't know what it either.

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