Family: Dipsacaceae Teasel Dipsacus fullonum Flowering time: July-August. Biennial Prefers clay soils on roadsides, rough grassland and waste ground Leaf rosette of lanceolate prickly leaves formed in first year. Followed by tall, very prickly flowering stems bearing dense heads of small pinkish mauve flowers with spiny linear bracts. Leaves narrow and prickly on the underside of the midribs. Height to 2m Larvae of the micro moths Endothenia marginana and E. gentianaeana feed in the seed heads

Teasel, Dipsacus fullonum
Godlingston Hill, Dorset. October 2012