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Plant identification

brenda.brimble

brenda.brimble Posts: 2

August 2020 in Plants

Hi, This has "appeared" in my garden and I am baffled! - does anyone know what it

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/6030279/uploads/editor/8f/0rixxur49xfp.jpg

is please? About the size of a golf ball - plant approx 3' tall?
Cheers, Bea

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August 2020 edited August 2020

It looks like the flower bud of Centaurea macrocephala.

https://www.google.com/search?q=centaurea+macrocephala&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjG5sqimIvrAhUkQEEAHbr7CZkQ_AUoAXoECBoQAw&biw=1280&bih=579&dpr=1.5

Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
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brenda.brimble Posts: 2

August 2020

Thank you so much - from the pics, you are obviously right!
Cant wait for the flower!
Well done! 🐝

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