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Onopordum acaulon - White Stemless Thistle
(horse thistle - Wikipedia)
Valenciano: Cardassa blanca
Castellano: Cardo blanco sentado
A large flattened rosette of greyish or whitish spiny lobed leaves and a single,
or cluster of almost stalkless white flowers; bracts hairless and spine-tipped;
leaves very spiny.
Flowers: May to July - photogrpahed in early May on the Alfaro
Refs: Plantas Sylvestris de la Comunidad Valenciana; Flowers of SW Europe, Polunin
& Smythies; Wikipedia