Flower bud of Artichoke thistle (Cynara cardunculus) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 15, 2010
Pointed, leathery green bracts fold around a purple-blue immature flower head of Artichoke thistle (Cynara cardunculus), in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 14, 2009
Emerging flower from a large head of globe artichoke thistle (Cynara cardunculus) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 11, 2009
Artichoke flower (Cynara cardunculus) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 31, 2008
Artichoke thistle (Cynara cardunculus) flowers in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 26, 2009
Large flower of globe artichoke thistle (Cynara cardunculus) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 11, 2009
Fleshy center of the artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) on which the flower and bracts are borne, in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 14, 2009
Large flower head of Artichoke thistle (Cynara cardunculus), in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 14, 2009
Top view of a big artichoke flower (Cynara cardunculus) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2009
Triangular scales of a bud of artichoke flower (Cynara cardunculus) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 9, 2008
Side view of artichoke flower (Cynara cardunculus) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2009
