Blue hobbit eryngium a teasel like blue flowerhead surrounded by spiky lobed blue purple leaves, a buff tailed bumble bee is feeding on the nectar

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This purple blue teasel like plant was so brightly coloured colored in a flower border that I had to take a photograph as I was passing. The buff tailed bee was one of many on this pollinating plant as a spread of blue.

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Size: 5184px × 3456px
Location: Horsham garden uk
Photo credit: © Stephen Iles / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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