Wild Teasel

Hello Friends,

Per Wikipedia:

"Dipsacus fullonum is a species of flowering plant known by the common names wild teasel or fuller's teasel, although the latter name is usually applied to the cultivated variety D. fullonum var. sativus. It is native to Eurasia and North Africa, but it is known in the Americas, southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand as an introduced species. It is a herbaceous biennial plant (rarely a short-lived perennial plant) growing to 1–2.5 metres (3.3–8.2 ft) tall. The inflorescence is a cylindrical array of lavender flowers which dries to a cone of spine-tipped hard bracts. It may be 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long. The dried inflorescence of a cultivar was historically used in textile manufacturing as a tool for fulling."

I found these frequently along the Pacific coast on our recent road trip. This shot was taken along a beach trail in southern Oregon with a Panasonic Lumix GX7 with 3D lens, using frame sides for phantogram processing. This image was approximagely 2-1/2 inches wide (6.25 cm), and the plant was six to seven feet tall with perhaps 20-30 such teasels on it.

Time flies. This is my 700th image-of-the-week.

Best regards,

Barry Rothstein

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