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Wild Teasel (Dipsacus fallonum)

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The Wild Teasel is just starting to appear. This is a plant which grows in rough pasture, copses, by streams and by roads throughout the British Isles. Its stem is covered in spiny prickles. Its leaves form a cup with the stem and in this way the plant traps water in which insects sometimes drown. It is not known if the plant gains benefit from this. It produces small pink or white flowers. It usually flowers from July to August. Picture taken June 18th at Stevington, Bedfordshire.

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18th Jun 2006 by Diane Earl

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Biology, Science

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Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 4+

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plant flower wildlife insect

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