Cirsium Thistle - Plume thistle Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum' cirsium rivulare atropurpureum

Cirsium, Plume thistle, Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum', Side view of purple red fluffy thistles intermingled with white lavender.

Plume thistle, Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum', close up of buds.

Cirsium, Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum'.

Cirsium, Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum'.

Cirsium rivulare Atropurpureum. Flower head of crimson, pincushion-like flowers with three emerging, smaller heads around base

Cirsium, Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum'.

Salvia, Wild Salvia, Blue Sage, Salvia Patens, Mass of purple flowers growing outdoor in field of buttercups.

Salvia, Wild Salvia, Blue Sage, Salvia Patens, Mass of purple flowers growing outdoor in field of buttercups.

Salvia, Wild Salvia, Blue Sage, Salvia Patens, Mass of purple flowers growing outdoor in field of buttercups.

Salvia, Wild Salvia, Blue Sage, Salvia Patens, Mass of purple flowers growing outdoor in field of buttercups.

Salvia, Wild Salvia, Blue Sage, Salvia Patens, Mass of purple flowers growing outdoor in field of buttercups.

Orchid, Loose flowered orchid, Anacamptis laxiflora, several spires in a meadow of buttercups, Halkidiki, Greece.

Orchid, Loose flowered orchid, Anacamptis laxiflora, single spire in a meadow of buttercups, Halkidiki, Greece.

Orchid, Loose flowered orchid, Anacamptis laxiflora, single flower in a meadow of buttercups, Halkidiki, Greece.

Orchid, Loose flowered orchid, Anacamptis laxiflora, single flower in a meadow of buttercups, Halkidiki, Greece.

Ranunculus.

Ranunculus.

Ranunculus.