Russian Thistle
by Paul Rebmann
Title
Russian Thistle
Artist
Paul Rebmann
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A stem of Russian thistle late in the season with a smooth background from the bright sand of the beach dune.
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Russian thistle is an occasional bushy herb of beaches along the Florida east coast and central panhandle. The range includes most of the United States coasts except Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Washington state. Native to Eurasia.
Salsola kali has alternate spine-tipped linear leaves 1-2mm (~1/16 in.) wide. Flowers appear in the axils of spine-tipped bracts. The flowers lack petals and have a calyx with five spine-tipped lobes. The perianth has prominently winged bracteoles in the pontica subspecies. The fruit is a utricle enclosed in the caylx.
(Subject description from the artist's Wild Florida Photo website www.wildflphoto.com)
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October 22nd, 2021
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