Saluting every life with a flower each day! Flowers are soul of the planet, blooming to play music with silent notes. Smile at them as they are sweet hearted!! Only the photographs taken by me are uplinked. I lean heavily to http://www.flowersofindia for flower identification and descriptions. Looking forward to valuable comments and suggestions.
Caucasian cotton thistle is a biennial herb 20-25 cm tall. Stem are prominently winged with triangular lance shaped, stoutly spined lobs. Stem leaves are pinnately cut or lobed. Stalks carrying the flower heads are upto 5 cm, strongly spiny winged. Florets are purplish-pink, 1.5 to 1.9 cm. I took this photo on my way to Coonoor, somewhere near Ooty on 30th November, 2010.
