What's this Asteracea

Post by **MWP admin** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:41 pm

A low growing (up to 20cm) thistle with small purple ligules. (ray florets). Might be something interesting for our botanist friends. I could not rekognize it from the pics I seen in my books.

Sdravko · Post by **Sdravko** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 7:52 am

Carlina lanata. congratulations, its not too common. did you find it on clay?

Post by **MWP admin** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:52 pm

I did not examined well the soil type, but I would say not obviously clay ground (like those grey slopes)

Thanks very much for the ID!

sandra · Post by **sandra** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 2:37 pm

Can you let me know where you took this photo. tx

Post by **MWP admin** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:43 pm

Fomm ir-Rih Sandra

wolf · Post by **wolf** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:05 am

prosit MWP - a rare find
have been searching this one for ages and you get there first !
it will have to be next year for me.....

wolf

Post by **MWP admin** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:37 am

Hi Wolf, welcome back... When I seen this plant (not knowing what it is) I realized that it is something unusual. During Haslam's era, this plant was described frequent-common!

What are you busy with recentely? Regards last email, I am soon going to work in the new desired place!

TC