Canada Thistle(?)

I have seen these around, but never tried to find out what they are. I saw these on the edge of a field near a tree line. The trees' shade offered a nice background.

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Danny G.]

Very pretty!

[KWind]

Gorgeous... love the focus, colour and texture of the flower.

[Paula McLaughlin]

Fabulous looking isolation of the thistle and excellent dark green background.

[Hope D Jennings]

lovely light and crop! beautiful

[Judith]

Lovely shot.

[Joan Robillard]

Great focus.

[Pyrrhula]

Great close up and details, a beautiful capture

[mittens (Marilyn)]

You captured this beautifully and I love the details.

[Michelle]

So pretty!

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@kerristephens - Thank you Keri!

@soboy5 - Thank you Danny!

@kwind - Thank you so much Kim!

@paulam - I am grateful Paula for you wonderful comment!

@mzzhope - Thank you very much Hope!

@daisyjuds - Thank you Judith!

@joansmor - Thank you Joan!

@pyrrhula - Thank you for you very kind comments!

@mittens - Thank you Marilyn very much!

@mtpagano - Thank you Michelle!

[Darinka]

Great detail and tones!

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@my_photofun - Thank you again Darinka! I see we share pretty much the same taste in cameras!

[Joanne Diochon]

Yes, looks like Canada thistle, I should know, I have enough of them around here. The flowers look pretty but the rest of the plant is a prickly pain and they spread!

[Gena Pegg]

OOOhhh..love this. Great focus and the color is faVulous! Super detail. A real beauty!

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@gardencat - Thank you for your comments and verification Joanne! There is a bumper crop this year. I have noticed these before but never took a picture of one. I have a book of wildflowers but didn't see this in it. So I Googled wildflowers and found a Canada Thistle. I wasn't 100 percent certain though.

@eyesmile - Thank you so much Gena for your 'faVulous' comments and fav!

[Therese]

gorgeous shot, and love the dof and colour!

[Sandi]

Love this purple and the detail.

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@monkeykid - Thank you very much Therese!

@sassyinma - Thank you Sandi!

[Vicki Dixon]

I just shot some of this last week too. The Cinnabar moths were all over it. great shot