Coloured light micrograph of a cross section of the bud of a globe thistle (Echinops ritro 'Veitch's blue'). Echinops belongs to the sunflower family

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Coloured light micrograph of a cross section of the bud of a globe thistle (Echinops ritro 'Veitch's blue'). Echinops belongs to the sunflower family and is native to southern and eastern Europe. Each flowerhead consists of around 2,000 individual flowers. Magnification at 10 cm wide

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Size: 4800px × 4800px
Photo credit: © STEVE LOWRY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: anatomy, background, botanical, botany, bud, coloured, cross, echinops, false, flora, flower, globe, light, lm, micrograph, microscope, nature, plant, ritro, section, thistle, white