Cirsium ID please

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  1. Fof

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    Found this growing outdoors at the Eden Project, Cornwall, yesterday.
    Any ideas guys?
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    TIA
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    Since nobody's answered @Fof ... I can say it doesn't look like cirsium Eriophorum - I'm growing that from seed and the rosettes look different. But sorry I don't know which one it is. Normally @Silver surfer can work it out
     
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      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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      I didn't answer because it would have been on the compost heap in my garden.:biggrin:
       
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        I must admit, if the one I'm growing doesn't have a decent sized flower, it's going!
        I once grew silybum marianum. Great early rosettes, but then.... No
         
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        • Fof

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          This is in a semi wild area, within the Eden Project.
          If it had turned up in my garden, it would have been allowed to grow and do its own thing, unless it attempted to take over, as the bees, etc seemed to appreciate it. (Unlike some humans :yay::yay:)
          In my garden, most of the grassed area is over-seeded with wild flowers and whatever drops in and is used by the local wildlife, eg the odd thistle, Teazle, Ragwort, etc.
          Getting back to this Cirsium. The best I have been able to come up with, so far, is C. rivulare, a European spp that is classed as "adventive".
          Thanks guys
           
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