Marsh Thistle / Cirsium palustre - early foliage of the flowering spike. Possible metaphor for pain / painful / sharp.

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The youbng stems of the Marsh Thistle may be used as a cooked vegetable (minus the thorns, that is).

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Size: 4000px × 6000px
Location: mid-Cornwall, England, UK
Photo credit: © Marcus Harrison - plants / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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