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Globe plant?
Whilst on holiday in Scotland this year I saw a beautiful purple plant which I believe was called a Globe Thistle? it was very hard (almost like card) and spiky. I have tried looking it up but the ones I have seen are called Echinops, and although they too are lovely they seem softer and fluffier. Anyone know what it was please? T I A
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@Ladybird4, no, I certainly didn't see that one, how lovely Thistles are, I never gave them a thought before my trip, now, I am quite am admirer!
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Might you have seen Eryngium?
Common names can lead to confusion.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB785GB785&biw=1920&bih=938&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=x3e_W-jtHIr6kwXPxJigBg&q=eryngium&oq=eryngium&gs_l=img.1.1.0i67k1l2j0l8.15391.20048.0.21760.15.11.0.1.1.0.86.803.10.10.0....0...1c.1.64.img..6.9.648....0.Efaqy6ZGVdA
Or Cynara scolymus?
https://www.google.com/search?q=Cynara+scolymus&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjyrvn65f7dAhVLzqQKHb9aAFIQ_AUIDigB&biw=1920&bih=944
Did you get a a pic Meomye, or can you tell us if it was in the wild, or in a garden etc?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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