…its first season, it can easily achieve heights of 6ft or so as here. Cirsium palustre Cirsium palustre Cirsium palustre Cirsium palustre This is the even commoner Cirsium arvense, or…

…nearby with butterflies which were feeding so intensively that they never opened their wings to reveal which species they were. Speckled woods? Cirsium vulgare Cirsium vulgare Cirsium vulgare Magnolia tamaulipana…