Milk thistle sequence in complementary colours, part of fb photography's digital art series.
As always, the basis of the digital edit is a photo taken by the artist himself.
Weeds you say ? Phoebe :-)
Common milk thistle (Sónchus oleráceus) is a common plant in the built environment. You can find almost in every street or alley a milk thistle rooted between the pavement or in the ruckus bordering the pavement. The plant flowers profusely from June until well into autumn, so it can now be found blooming everywhere along the street. It is not difficult to recognise milk thistle. At the top of the plant is a branched flower stem. At the top of each flower stem is a flower. The flowers consist of an urn-shaped head.
In the morning, the flowers unfold in all their splendour. After noon, they close again. They are composites. These are plants whose flower heads consist of highly reduced flowers. These can be tube flowers, ribbon flowers and/or ray flowers. In the case of milk thistle, they are ribbon flowers that can range in colour from deep golden yellow to pale yellow. Although the name does not suggest it, you can also often come across Field milk thistle and Cruciferous milk thistle in the urban environment.
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