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Cirsium heterophyllum (L.) Hill

melancholy thistle (Asteraceae / Compositae)

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Cirsium heterophyllum is a thistle with unwinged, spineless stems; it replaces Cirsium dissectum in the north of Great Britain, but is almost absent from Ireland.

Glen Doll (VC90: Angus); 2016-07-10

 melancholy thistle / Cirsium heterophyllum: _Cirsium heterophyllum_ is a thistle with unwinged, spineless stems; it replaces _Cirsium dissectum_ in the north of Great Britain, but is almost absent from Ireland.

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