prickly pointed spines on Gunnera leaf stem a harsh rasp and defensive plant mechanism from being eaten

---

Size: 7360px × 4912px
Photo credit: © Yon Marsh Natural History / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: background, bare, base, bed, border, branch, branched, bright, chilean, close, concept, concepts, cone, conical, copy, cut, defense, defensive, detail, developing, divided, family, flower, flowers, gardening, giant, green, gunnera, gunneraceae, herbaceous, horn, ideas, injury, isolated, layered, leaf, leaves, letter, light, lots, manicata, massive, needle, needles, panicles, pattern, perennial, pillar, plant, prick, prickle, prickles, protect, protection, rasp, rasped, red, rhubarb, rough, row, rows, selective, sharp, space, spike, spine, spiny, spring, stand, stem, strength, strong, sunny, tear, text, texture, thick, tinctoria, tiny, tipped, towering, trunk, umbrella, venation, weed