Hydnellum scrobiculatum
Light and darkness
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Wolf's Milk slime
Hawkweed seedheads
Double pink
A sprinkling of mushrooms
Swift Fox
Happy Fall, everyone!
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Invasive beauty
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Old age beauty
Little splash of colour
Wilting in the heat
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Great Horned Owl - for Douglas.Brown : )
Japanese Anemone
Brown-haired White Cup
Alkanet
Between friends
Seating for four
Vesper Sparrow
A splash of yellow
A Pyraloid Moth
The old pig barn
Before summer's end
Little brown Puffball
One-flowered Wintergreen
White beauty
Swift Fox
A little green crawly thing
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Juvenile Snowy Owl
Cladonia, Medusa wanna-be
Wrinkles
Pretty but poisonous
Yellow Jacket's nest
The painted look
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Hoary Rosette
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Cardoon with tiny visitor


Cardoon reminds me of my favourite thistle, the Nodding or Musk Thistle. This (very tall) one was growing in the gardens at the Calgary Zoo when I visited a few days ago. Lucky for me, a tiny Two-spotted Ladybug was exploring the interesting landscape : )
"The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus), also called the artichoke thistle, cardone, cardoni, carduni or cardi, is a thistle-like plant which is member of the Aster family, Asteraceae; (or archaic: Daisy family, Compositae). It is a naturally occurring variant of the same species as the Globe artichoke, and has many cultivated varieties. It is native to the Mediterranean, where it was domesticated in ancient times ...... The cardoon is highly invasive and is able to adapt to dry climates. It has become a major weed in the pampas of Argentina and California; it is also considered a weed in Australia. Cardoon has attracted recent attention as a possible source of biodiesel. The oil, extracted from the seeds of the cardoon, and called artichoke oil, is similar to safflower and sunflower oil in composition and use." From Wikipedia.
"The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus), also called the artichoke thistle, cardone, cardoni, carduni or cardi, is a thistle-like plant which is member of the Aster family, Asteraceae; (or archaic: Daisy family, Compositae). It is a naturally occurring variant of the same species as the Globe artichoke, and has many cultivated varieties. It is native to the Mediterranean, where it was domesticated in ancient times ...... The cardoon is highly invasive and is able to adapt to dry climates. It has become a major weed in the pampas of Argentina and California; it is also considered a weed in Australia. Cardoon has attracted recent attention as a possible source of biodiesel. The oil, extracted from the seeds of the cardoon, and called artichoke oil, is similar to safflower and sunflower oil in composition and use." From Wikipedia.
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