Giant Thistle Burr

The teasel root is thought to bring about good health and tone to the liver and kidneys by Chinese Herbal medicine. The healing preparations are made from the dried root in the raw form or it can be cooked or fried... who would have known :)

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Love the soft focus! FAV!

[Carole G]

Lovely shot

[Connie Little]

Wonderful focus on the thistle. Lovely image.

[Elizabeth]

Like the contrast of the soft focus on the spiky thistle!

[KWind]

Great tones and textures.

[Lynne]

Simply beautiful

[Allison Williams]

A work of art, both your picture and the thistle.

[*lynn]

simple and beautiful ... well done ~fav

[Babs]

I love teasels. I never knew the root had healing properties though.

[Debby Davies]

Just beautiful such softness

[gloria jones]

Wonderful tones, textures and light

[Margo]

Beautiful

[Annie D]

beautiful focus and detail - lovely capture and thanks for the info

[Beryl Lloyd]

Beautiul, super tones and textres

[Pam Knowler]

Fabulous image! Fav!

[Carol]

Just lovely

[elkehochban]

Fab use of DOF!

[Lynda McG]

Such a beautiful shot - a definite fav!

[Camille Bisson]

did not know you could fry it. thank you! such a wonderful shot.

[FBailey]

You e en make a teasel look soft and dreamlike!

[Hazel]

Great macro. Fried thistle root - hummmm! Fav

[judith deacon]

Beautiful detail.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very pretty close up shot. Fav!

[Connie]

Great texture and focus

[Walks @ 7]

Not all beauty is meant to be embraced. This is lovely. Fav,

[Margaret Brown]

Love the simplicity! Fav

[Penelope Ann]

Nature is magnificent

[bkb in the city]

Nice shot

[Carol Schöttl]

Superb!

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful close up

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice shot

[Sharon]

Gorgeous!

[Daisy Miller]

Lovely shot and focus. a fav

[Islandgirl]

Love the processing!

[Gayle]

Beautiful image and very interesting information! :-)

[diane day]

great capture. I like the pastel background

[Danette Thompson]

Beautifully captured.

[Jane Pittenger]

Wonderfully artistic

[haskar]

Great tones and focus.

[Jane Martin]

Beautiful. So subtle and elegant.

[Nadiya Bilovodenko]

Lovely macro

[Jenfurj]

Looks fabulous on black. So much intricate detail. Fav.

[Sandy]

Great sharp detail.