Thistle Like Flower Heads. Meadow thistle is a small slender thistle that doesnt have large spines on its leaves - they are more sharply toothed than prickly. Thistle like flower of a Silybum marianum plant in summer sunshine with a dappled green background.
Artichoke - Thistle-like plant with edible heads. 01062021 Magenta heads atop long leafless and spike-less stems make ornamental plume thistle Cirsium rivulare Atropurpureum an excellent garden choice. Cardoon flower the large purple flower head with bumble bee - plant also known as Artichoke Thistle - from above July August UK Cirsium rivulare Trevors Blue Wonder.
Carline Thistle Carlina spp The Carline thistle produces distinctive brown-and-golden flower heads that resemble a seeded thistle.
It has a distinctive usually solitary purple-red thistle-like flower head that initially droops. Across 5 cm packed with numerous disc florets. Thistle like meadow plant with purple flowers. Seeds borne in white or tan feathery structures similar to dandelion spread by wind.