Description
Creeping thistles (Cirsium arvensis) stand tall in English fields in summer. Here, in Merton, Surrey, England, a prickly clump stands up along a winding stream near Merton Abbey Mills. All in all, this is an unusual mixed texture to make up a summer meadow / plantscape. Focus is on the foreground. Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) also has the name Canada thistle.