selective blur of an uripe green milk thistle, in summer. the thistle, or silybum marianium, is a spike wild flower present

also annual asteraceae autumn background beauty biennial blessed botanical botany called cardus fairly family flora floral flower flowering flowers green has head herbal leaf leaves macro marian marianum marianus mary mediterranean milk milkthistle natural nature pale pattern picture plant purple red scotch scottish shiny silybum single species spiked spring stem this thistle typical unripe variegated veins white wild wildflower winter young