https://scienceblogs.com/ en https://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/09/08/helsinki-thistle <span>Helsinki Burdock</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">tags: <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/flowers" rel="tag">flowers</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Garden" rel="tag">Gardening</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Horticulture" rel="tag">Horticulture</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Botany" rel="tag">Botany</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/nature" rel="tag">nature</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Helsinki" rel="tag">Helsinki</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/image+of+the+day" rel="tag">image of the day</a></span></p> <div class="centeredCaption"> <p><a target="window" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30800331@N06/3893881512/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3471/3893881512_1b69420f23.jpg" width="375" height="500" /></a></p> <p>Common Burdock (Thistle), <i>Arctium pubens</i>, blossoms.</p> <p>Photographed at the gardens at the <a target="window" href="http://www.patiogourmet.fi/english.html">Tarvaspää Café</a> at the Gallen-Kallela Museum<br /> near Tarvon Salmi in Helsinki, Finland. </p> <p>Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [<a target="window" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3471/3893881512_1b69420f23_b.jpg" width="768" height="1024"></a>larger view]. (raw image)</p> </div> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a></span> <span>Tue, 09/08/2009 - 08:59</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/helsinki-finland" hreflang="en">Helsinki, Finland</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/image-day" hreflang="en">image of the day</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/my-pictures" hreflang="en">my pictures</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/nature" hreflang="en">Nature</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/photography" hreflang="en">Photography</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/travel" hreflang="en">travel</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/arctium-pubens" hreflang="en">Arctium pubens</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/blossoms" hreflang="en">blossoms</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/common-burdock" hreflang="en">Common Burdock</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/finland" hreflang="en">Finland</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/flowers" hreflang="en">Flowers</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/gardening" hreflang="en">gardening</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/helsinki" hreflang="en">Helsinki</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/helsinki-finland-0" hreflang="en">Helsinki Finland</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/thistle" hreflang="en">thistle</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/image-day" hreflang="en">image of the day</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/my-pictures" hreflang="en">my pictures</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/nature" hreflang="en">Nature</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/photography" hreflang="en">Photography</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/travel" hreflang="en">travel</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2069827" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1252417438"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Those are beautiful. Does anyone know the significance of the fibers seemingly spun around the heads?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2069827&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="4LsN-Otw1XUvguqmBbMhmaDDg53fJ__NKosHjFJ_J4Y"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Gini (not verified)</span> on 08 Sep 2009 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/26644/feed#comment-2069827">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2069828" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1252422708"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Hi again, although it looks very much like a thistle, I believe that it's a Burdock,either Wood or Intermediate Burdock (Arctium nemerosum or A. pubens)probably the last one as the flower stalks look over 1cm. Thistles have narrow spiny leaves and this appears to have broad and woolly ones. A beautiful picture either way.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2069828&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="tg3PlQ9ybObJRog4OlI5cFxCsMrR7zOzTa1iFoaPWRg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian (not verified)</span> on 08 Sep 2009 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/26644/feed#comment-2069828">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="134" id="comment-2069829" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1252432418"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>thanks. due to the size of the blossom, it is A. pubens. thanks for the ID.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2069829&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="kIY_-EcCkPQO5zgssg81o4NxFLcBIviMJsRnvj5OgBQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a> on 08 Sep 2009 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/26644/feed#comment-2069829">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/author/grrlscientist"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/author/grrlscientist" hreflang="en"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/pictures/Hedwig%20P%C3%B6ll%C3%B6l%C3%A4inen.jpeg?itok=-pOoqzmB" width="58" height="58" alt="Profile picture for user grrlscientist" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/grrlscientist/2009/09/08/helsinki-thistle%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:59:15 +0000 grrlscientist 89627 at https://scienceblogs.com