Prickly Collection

Sea holly (Eryngium sp. )
Sea holly (Eryngium sp.) flower heads. Each blue blob is an individual flower. This perennial herb belongs to the family Umbelliferae, which includes 200 species. It is indigenous to southern Europe

Common Thorn Apple, Jimson Weed -Datura stramonium-, seed pod, Europe

Cactus garden of Guatiza, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Cactus plant with teeth and eyes
Blue cactus plant wearing costume of plastic vampire teeth and bloodshot eyeballs

Fly on a cactus in the botanical garden in Valencia, Spain, Europe

Jardin de Cactus near Guatiza, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Woolly Thistle (Cirsium eriophorum), in flower, on limestone
ROG-13134 Woolly Thistle - in flower, on limestone Cirsium eriophorum Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Cochineal beetle, Dactylopius coccus, on a
Cochineal beetle, Dactylopius coccus (Coccus cacti) on a prickly pear cactus, Opuntia species. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

Eastern prickly pear, Opuntia ficus-indica (Opuntia vulgaris). Handcoloured lithograph by D. Blair after an illustration by Lena Lowis from her Familiar Indian Flowers with Coloured Plates, L

echinocactus platyacanthus, cactus, barrel cactus
Echinocactus platyacanthus Cactus - Barrel cactus Green subject

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Ilex aquifolium Holly Red subject

An Echidnia walking across a field

Green On Orange | Marrakech Travel Photography
Raisa Zwart

Spiky Towers
Roland Weber

A Teasel, 1850
3479659 A Teasel, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a teasel; a tall prickly Eurasian plant with spiny purple flower heads; which is used in the raising of a nap on woollen cloth)

Prickly lettuce, Lactuca scariola
5855807 Prickly lettuce, Lactuca scariola; (add.info.: Prickly lettuce, Lactuca scariola. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora)

A Teasel, 1850
3479660 A Teasel, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a teasel; a tall prickly Eurasian plant with spiny purple flower heads; which is used in the raising of a nap on woollen cloth)

prickly desert plant
engin akyurt

Kali soda, Salsola kali
5856108 Kali soda, Salsola kali; (add.info.: Kali soda, Salsola kali. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm

Egyptian thorn tree, Acacia nilotica
5855074 Egyptian thorn tree, Acacia nilotica; (add.info.: Egyptian thorn tree, Acacia nilotica. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and engraved on steel by Weddell from John Stephenson)

Prickly pear or Indian fig opuntia, Opuntia ficus-indica (Opuntia vulgaris). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse

Madam gorgon, Acicarpha tribuloides. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Cinera Cum Flore, 1613 (colour engraving)
986365 Cinera Cum Flore, 1613 (colour engraving) by Ziesenis, Johann Georg (1716-76); 55.5x42.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Cinera Cum Flore)

cactus isolated on white background

opuntia cultivar, prickly pear cactus
Opuntia cultivar Prickly pear cactus Green subject Blue background

guzmania cultivar, bromeliad
Guzmania cultivar Bromeliad Green subject

Poppy, Iceland poppy, Papaver nudicaule Garden gnome buds
4826 Poppy - Iceland poppy : Papaver nudicaule Garden gnome buds. 2 hairy buds closely entwined

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Agave - variety not identified Colour Nobody Daytime Editorial Growing Outdoor Plant View - Side view Foliage Leaf View - Front view Evergreen Abstract Alike Creative Drought resistant Layers

Moth caterpillar on leaf, tubercles with urticating hairs. Wuliangshan Nature Reserve, Jingdong, Yunnan Province, China

Cholla Cacti & Brittlebush at Sunset, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

Ceiba Tree Trunk at Tayrona National Natural Park, Magdalena Department, Caribbean, Colombia

Espostoa Guentheri (Kupper) bulb. Woolly cactus close-up

Collision Course
Danilo Cesar Faria

Finished Drawing of a Warrior, c1878. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Finished Drawing of a Warrior, c1878

Thistle in front of a Winter Landscape, 1864. Creator: Leon Bonvin
Thistle in front of a Winter Landscape, 1864

Pineapple, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Pineapple, 1785

Flowering plant, 1748-1824. Creator: Jacob van Eynden
Flowering plant, 1748-1824

Pear Cactus in Bloom, 1683. Creator: Herman Saftleven the Younger
Pear Cactus in Bloom, 1683

Boys playing, 1722-1774. Creator: Arnout Rentinck
Boys playing, 1722-1774. One child holds a tambourine, while another, holding a sprig of holly, tussles with a third boy

Travel views of the American Southwest, between 1899 and 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of the American Southwest, between 1899 and 1928

Travel views of the American Southwest, between 1899 and 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of the American Southwest, between 1899 and 1928

Prickly
Roland Weber

Florida, West Palm Beach, Mounts Botanical Garden, Aloe Nobilis (Gold Tooth Aloe)

Florida, West Palm Beach, Mounts Botanical Garden

Prickly Like Dandelion
Artem Pozdniakov

A few varieties of Desert Cacti - USA. Date: 1933

Castroville, Texas, USA. Prickly pear flower in the Texas Hill Country. Date: 12-04-2021

Carpet weed along with Opuntia prickly pear cactus, South Plaza Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Date: 28-07-2021

Opuntia prickly pear cactus, South Plaza Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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Namibia, Fish River Canyon National Park, Cactus grows on rocky slopes above Fish River Canyon Date: 17/07/2007

Pattern in Candelabra cactus, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

A wild short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) wandering through scrub, foraging for food
One of the weird and iconic animals of Australia, this echidna (which looks similar to a hedgehog but is totally unrelated) was foraging between rocks and grass clumps for ants

Close-up of a prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) showing thorns in Andalusia, Spain

Thistles and other plants on a forest floor, a landscape beyond, fragment (oil on canvas)
CH422642 Thistles and other plants on a forest floor, a landscape beyond, fragment (oil on canvas) by Withoos, Matthias (1627-1703); 68.6x68.6 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Dutch

Porcupine fish and seahorse (chromolitho)
2782538 Porcupine fish and seahorse (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Porcupine fish and seahorse)

False Christmas cactus, Schlumbergera truncata (Epiphyllum truncatum). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse

Prickly pear, Nopalea cochenillifera. Opuntia cochenillifera, Cactus cochenillifer, Catto della cocciniglia. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario

Tall yellow eye, Xyris operculata, Siride coperchiata. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

Sycamore, silver fir, foxglove, prickly pear, etc
Old World sycamore, Platanus orientalis, silver fir, Abies picea, foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, prickly pear, Opuntia, Carduus marianus thistle, Silybum marianum, Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula

Page 31. Banksia spinulosa / Hairpin Banksia (w / c)
5671063 Page 31. Banksia spinulosa / Hairpin Banksia (w/c) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 05)

Lapeirousia fabricii (Prickly stemmed ovieda, Ovieda aculeata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden

White Mexican prickly poppy, Argemone ochroleuca
White Mexican prickly poppy or straw-coloured argemone, Argemone ochroleuca. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The

White Mexican prickly poppy or Large-flowered argemone, Argemone grandiflora. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets

Poppy or Papaver species
Oriental poppy, Papaver orientale, alpine poppy, Papaver alpinum, orange-red poppy, P. rubro-aurantiacum, common Welsh poppy, Meconopsis cambrica, large-flowered prickly poppy, Argemone grandiflora

Oxylobium, brachysema and euchilus species
Netted-leaved oxylobium, Oxylobium retusum, broad-leaved brachysema, Brachysema latifolium, heart-leaved euchilus, Euchilus obcordatus, small-leaved dillwynia, Dillwynia parvifolia

Prickly sow-thistle, Sonchus asper, and smooth sow-thistle, Sonchus oleraceus? Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Dwarf lettuce, Lactuca sessilis, and prickly lettuce, Lactuca serriola. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Prickly poppy, Argemone mexicana, and butcher s
Prickly poppy, Argemone mexicana, and butchers broom, Rustus aculeata. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Prickly rasp fern, Doodia aspera. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1817

Kangaroo thorn or prickly wattle, Acacia paradoxa (Acacia hybrida). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1828

Prickly juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Tropical fruits, fruits de serre chaude ou temperee. Guava, Psidium guajava 1, passionfruit, Passiflora caerulea 2, pineapple, Ananas comosus 3, pomegranate, Puncia granatum 4 and prickly pear

Mexican poppy or flowering thistle, Argemone mexicana, Argemone du Mexique. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar

Prickly thrift, Acantholimon glumaceum. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe

Salm-Dycks prickly pear cactus, Opuntia salmiana
Salm-dycks prickly pear cactus, Opuntia salmiana. Named for the botanist Prince Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte

Prickly castor oil tree, Kalopanax septemlobus
Prickly castor oil tree or kireha harigiri, Kalopanax septemlobus f. maximowiczii (Aralia maximowiczi). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens

California prickly phlox, Leptodactylon californicum. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Prickly pear (Cactus Nopal) and Cochineal Beetle (chromolitho)
735415 Prickly pear (Cactus Nopal) and Cochineal Beetle (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prickly pear (Cactus Nopal) and Cochineal Beetle

Prickly heath, Gaultheria mucronata (Pointed-leaved pernettia, Pernettya mucronata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S

Mexican argemone or prickly poppy, Argemone mexicana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards rom William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1793

Prickly saltwort and Iceland moss
Prickly saltwort, Kali turgida 1, and Iceland moss, Cetraria islandica 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar

Curtis British Entomology Plate 524
Hymenoptera: Gorytes bicinctus [Plant: Cladium mariscus (Schoenus mariscus, Prickly Bog-rush)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 442
Lepidoptera: Hesperia actaeon = Thymelicus acteon (Lulworth Skipper) [Plant: Salsola kali (Prickly Glasswort)] Date: 1824-39

Study of a thistle, March 24, 1855 (graphite on paper)
1072182 Study of a thistle, March 24, 1855 (graphite on paper) by German School, (19th century); 31.8x48.1 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; gift of Henry H. Hawley; German, out of copyright

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"Embracing the Prickly Beauty of Nature's Thorny Delights" The Common Thorn Apple, also known as Jimson Weed (Datura stramonium), showcases its prickly seed pod in all its glory. Sea holly (Eryngium sp. ) stands tall with its striking blue flowers and spiky leaves, a true testament to nature's prickly wonders. Explore the enchanting Cactus garden of Guatiza in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, where Europe meets the rugged beauty of these thorny plants. Behold a cactus plant with teeth and eyes, seemingly watching over its desert domain with an air of mystery and intrigue. A fly finds solace on a cactus in Valencia's botanical garden, reminding us that even prickliness can offer respite for some creatures. Lose yourself in the mesmerizing Jardin de Cactus near Guatiza, Lanzarote; here you'll discover an array of unique cacti from around the world. The Woolly Thistle (Cirsium eriophorum) blooms proudly on limestone soil, showcasing how even delicate flowers can possess a touch of prickliness. Journey to South America's Galapagos Islands where the Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia cactaceae) thrives amidst volcanic landscapes and diverse wildlife. Once again immerse yourself in the captivating Jardin de Cactus near Guatiza; this time let your senses be enchanted by their collection of rare species from across Europe. Like dandelions that may seem soft at first glance but hide their own brand of prickliness within their seeds, sometimes appearances can be deceiving too. Witness the resilience of desert life as you encounter various varieties of Desert Cacti throughout different regions across the United States – each one a testament to nature's ability to thrive in harsh conditions.