Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photographs: The Burren, Co.Clare 
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Meadow Thistle Solitary deep-purple flowers 25-30mm. Bracts erect, cottony, outer spine-tipped. Leaves mostly basal, green above, white-cottony below. Scarcely-lobed, weak marginal prickles. Flower-stems unbranched, unwinged, cottony. 20-60cm. Occasional hybrids recorded with Marsh Thistle, C. palustre Damp, poorly drained ground on neutral to less-acidic fens and peaty soils. Most frequent W, NW and central Ireland. 
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