Berkheya purpurea

10th August 2021

Berkheya purpurea

Berkheya purpurea

 Berkheya may look more like a daisy than a cardoon, with  a succession of mauve-white flowers with the classic ray florets and central disks,  but the rosette of spiny leaves shows  that the South African perennial is actually a thistle. Asteraceae is a huge family divided into many sub-families, and covers thistles like the cardoon and Cirsium as well as more obvious daisies like Helianthus.

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