Snow-White Globe Thistle is a spiny herb with
simple stem, densely cottony. Leaves are up to 20 cm long, bipinnately
cut, divided into linear spiny segments, margins recurved, densely
cottony beneath. Flower-heads are spherical, 6-8 cm across, spines not
projecting. Outer involucre bracts are few, spoon-shaped, spine-tipped,
inner fused when mature, 2-3 cm long. Snow-White Globe Thistle is found
in Himalayas, from Kashmir to Nepal, at altitudes of 1400-1700 m.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
Photographed in Champawat distt. & Mussoorie-Chakrata Road, Uttarakhand.
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Snow-White Globe Thistle is a spiny herb with
simple stem, densely cottony. Leaves are up to 20 cm long, bipinnately
cut, divided into linear spiny segments, margins recurved, densely
cottony beneath. Flower-heads are spherical, 6-8 cm across, spines not
projecting. Outer involucre bracts are few, spoon-shaped, spine-tipped,
inner fused when mature, 2-3 cm long. Snow-White Globe Thistle is found
in Himalayas, from Kashmir to Nepal, at altitudes of 1400-1700 m.