attractive wild thistle onopordum carduelium in full bloom

artichoke asteraceae asteridae attractive biodiversity biological biology bloom blooming botanic canaria canarian canary cardueae carduelium closeup color colorful cynareae diversity ecological ecology ecosystems endemic endemism environment environmental essences essential exotic filaments floral flower flowerhead flowering flowers foreground fresh fruit full gran herbaceous in inflorescence islands isolated life magnoliophyta magnoliopsida mature native natural naturalism nature onopordum organic organs ornamental peculiar plants prickle prickly purple radiant ripe singular species spikes spiky spines splendid spring sprout stamens starting thistle thorns thorny vivid wild wildflowers