A studio close up of an Eryngium giganteum, "Miss Willmott's Ghost", flower head.

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A studio close-up of the cone-like flower cluster of Eryngium giganteum, "Miss Willmott's Ghost". Its name comes from the English gardener Miss Ellen Willmott who, tradition has it, used to drop seeds of this plant in other people's gardens. The following year the large silver-grey plants would appear.

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Size: 4500px × 3873px
Location: Watchfield, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Derek Gale / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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