Purple Thistle
by Rebecca Langen
Title
Purple Thistle
Artist
Rebecca Langen
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Digital Art - Digital Art- Digital Painting- Photography- Photo Painting
Description
This is a Milk Thistle.(Silybum marianum)
Milk thistle has also been known to be used as food. The roots can be eaten raw or boiled and buttered or par-boiled and roasted. The young shoots in spring can be cut down to the root and boiled and buttered. The spiny bracts on the flower head were eaten in the past like globe artichoke, and the stems (after peeling) can be soaked overnight to remove bitterness and then stewed. The leaves can be trimmed of prickles and boiled as a spinach substitute or they can also be added raw to salads.
Thistle is the national emblem of Scotland.
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March 30th, 2018
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