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COMPOSITE 



* i4 Centaurea aspera. L. 



"Walls, rocks, roadsides etc. 



Western Medit. region and along the West Coast 

 to South England. 



May to Autumn. 



Q Centaurea paniculata. L. 



Dry banks, roadsides. 



Sth. Europe, Medit. region. 



July-August. 



* % Cirsium arvense. Scop. « Common thistle. » 



Common on cultivated land. 

 Europe, N. Asia. 



June-September. 



* Q[ Cirsium lanceolatum. Scop. « Common thistle. » 



Roadsides, grassy and cultivated places. 

 All Europe and N. Asia. 



July-August. 



Q[ Echinops Ritro. L. 



Dry rocky places. 



A very pretty thistle, quite vyhite tomentose and 

 with blue globular flowerheads. 

 Sth. Europe, Medit. region. Orient. 



July-October. 



O Galactites tomentosa. Moench. 



Waste ground, banks, roadsides. 



A pretty thistle with variegated and tomentose 

 leaves. Flowerheads large and purple. The stamens 

 of the little flowers are very sensitive. 



Medit. region. 



April July. 



