Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. Two flowers facing in opposite directions and central seed head on single stem.

Salad burnet, Sanguisorba minor. Close view of single flower spike on curved stem.

Holly, Ilex aquifolium. Stem with leaves and berries in snow.

Sea holly, Eryngium variifolium. Spheical head of small, blue flowers surrounded by narrow, spiny, silver bracts.

Sea holly, Eryngium maritimum. Flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts netted with silvery white veins.

Globe Thistle, Echinops bannaticus Blue globe, Spherical blue flower head with hoverfly.

China, Yunna Province, Baisha, Corn cobs drying in the sun.

China, Yunnan Province, Baisha, Corn cobs drying in the sun.

China, Yunnan Province, Lijiang, Yuhu Village, Corn cobs drying in the sun, beneath the roof of a farm building.

Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Val D'Orcia Brunello wine vineyard on the slopes of the hilltown. Angled shot of vine trellises.

USA, California, Joshua Tree National Park, Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia beside boulder outcrop in dry, rocky landscape with sun diffused through cloud.

USA, California, Joshua Tree National Park, Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia beside boulder outcrop in dry, rocky landscape.