Musk Thistle or Carduus nutans

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Date:1907

Description:Musk Thistle is a common biennial found on limestone. The prickly stems are bare for some distance below the solitary nodding flower-heads.

Flowering between May and August, it can grow to a height of 45cm.

This example was found growing at Oakamoor in Staffordshire Samuel Berrisford.

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This plant is now cared for by staff at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.

Related themes:

Rivers, Streams & Brooks Lakes, Ponds & Reservoirs Canals Agriculture & Countryside

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