Photo: Rhaponticum cynaroides 2.
Botanical name:
Flowerstalk with seedhead. Gothenburg bot.g., Sweden. Planted. 2007-07-12.
Rhaponticum cynaroides (DC.) Less.
Bot. syn.: Centaurea cynaroides Link, Cnicus centauroides L., Leuzea centauroides (L.) Holub., Rhaponticum centauroides (L.) O.Bolos non G. Don, Serratula cynaroides DC., Stemmacantha centauroides (L.) Dittrich