Photo: Cirsium palustre 0.
Botanical name:
Leaf rosette, dark purple spring colour, and very very very spiny. Perheniemi, Iitti, Finland. Wild. 2007-05-11.
Cirsium palustre (L.) Scop.
Engl.: marsh thistle, marsh plume thistle.
Deu.: Sumpf-Kratzdistel.
Suom.: suo-ohdake.
Sven.: kärrtistel.
Fran.: chardon des marais, cirse des marais.
Bot. syn.: Carduus palustris L., Cnicus palustris (L.) Willd.