Cardoon






Originally uploaded by mulysa_may

Cynara cardunculus
ASTERACEAE, The Aster family

An arrangement for December.

This occurred almost naturally as the dried Cardoon flowers were displaced while the house was being decorated for Thanksgiving, and they ended up near the heat vent in the kitchen, where they opened and slowly started releasing their plumed seeds.


About Mulysa

Mulysa Melco is an artist and landscape designer in Portland, Oregon. She hikes, photographs plants, gardens, draws plants, bakes, cooks (plants - she's a vegetarian), reads about plants, relationships (between plants, between people, etc.), and studies Permaculture.
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