Thistle, Pasture Thistle, Cirsium Pumilum, Mauve coloured flower against a backround of dandelions.

Thistle, Creeping thistle, Cirsium arvense, studio shot of seedhead.

Cirsium Thistle - Plume thistle Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum' cirsium rivulare atropurpureum

Spear thistle. Cirsium vulgare, Close view of single spiky flowering head with bud and leaves.

Cirsium, Plume thistle, Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum', Side view of purple red fluffy thistles intermingled with white lavender.

Thistle, Montpellier thistle, Cirsium monspessulanum, Side view of one pink flower.

Plume thistle, Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum', close up of buds.

Marshthistle, Cirsium palustre.

Thistle, Spear thistle, Scotch thistle, Bull thistle, Cirsium vulgare.

Primrose, Candelabra primrose, Primula, Primula candelabra.

Primrose, Candelabra primrose, Primula, Primula candelabra.

Thistle, Spear thistle, Scotch thistle, Bull thistle, Cirsium vulgare.