Sweet Carline

#thistle #carlinethistle #flora #dunes #sanddunes #slack #botany #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #ceredigion #aberystwyth #ynyslas #corsfochno #dyfi

Puccinia divergens ex Carlina vulgaris

#Carlinavulgaris #Carlina #Golddistel #carlinethistle #Carlinecommune #carlinacomune #carlinademonte #Pucciniadivergens #Puccinia #RustFungus #Rostpilz #Phytopathology #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #champignon #nature #natur #FungiFriends

Puccinia divergens ex Carlina vulgaris

#Carlinavulgaris #Carlina #Golddistel #carlinethistle #Carlinecommune #carlinacomune #carlinademonte #Pucciniadivergens #Puccinia #RustFungus #Rostpilz #Phytopathology #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #champignon #nature #natur #FungiFriends

Stars of burnished gold feeding other stars:

⭐ One still feeding gems of Chalk Hill Blue
⭐ The other, now mostly spent but still a frequent roosting place for Common Blue
#CarlineThistle
#GreaterKnapweed seed-head
#butterflies #chalkgrassland in #Sussex
#wildflowerhour

The Beauty on the Beast ..

but only if you walk bare 🦶!

#ChalkHillBlue & #CarlineThistle are both specialists found only on #calcareousgrassland

Nature needs more of her land returned to her!

The star and the pot of gold ☀️

#CarlineThistle

in #chalkgrassland

in #Sussex

Species-rich Chalk grassland is rare compared to the vast acreage of nature-poor farmland even on chalk soils. We need to measures to change that and soon!
If we want to find more stars & pots of gold!

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