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Melancholy Thistle, Abernethy Golf Club
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Melancholy Thistle (Cirsium heterophyllum), from the family Asteraceae, at Abernethy Golf Club, Nethybridge
25 July 2024
Melancholy Thistle, Abernethy Golf Club
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Melancholy Thistle (Cirsium heterophyllum), in the family Asteraceae, at Abernethy Golf Club, Nethybridge
25 July 2024
Melancholy thistle, Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Melancholy thistle (Cirsium heterophyllum) taken on The Dava Way path, Grantown-on-Spey by David Palmar. This flower gets is name because historically it was used to treat depression.
20 July 2020
Melancholy Thistle, Dunvegan, Skye
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CEP - Skye
Melancholy Thistle (Cirsium heterophyllum) gets its name from its past use, when it was used to prevent 'melancholia' (depression). Can be distinguished from other thistles by its single flower head and lack of spines. Found mainly in upland pastures. This photo was taken in Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar.
17 July 1965
Ringlet butterfly, Spey Bay
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Moray - Spey Bay
Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) butterfly on Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) at Spey Bay. The Ringlet is a small brown butterfly with a white fringe to the wing edges, getting its name from the small circles on the underside of its wings. Photo taken by David Palmar
26 July 2023
Grasshopper on Marsh Thistle
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Loch Garten
Remains of a Grasshopper apparently impaled on Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre), Loch Garten, RSPB Abernethy, taken by David Palmar
23 June 2023
Grasshopper on Marsh Thistle
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Loch Garten
Remains of a Grasshopper apparently impaled on Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre), Loch Garten, RSPB Abernethy, taken by David Palmar
23 June 2023
Creeping Thistle, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense), a plant in the family Asteraceae, In Compartment 32 at RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
04 July 2023
Spear Thistle, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare), a plant in the family Asteraceae, in Compartment 34 in RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
04 July 2023
Marsh Thistle, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre) is a common perennial herb that has purple flowers (occasionally white) which grows up to a height of1.2 metres. It flowers from June to September. It is found typically in wetland habitats such as bogs, fens and marshes. It is in Compartment 27, RSPB Loch Lomond.
