Yellow Thistle
by Lorena Cassady
Title
Yellow Thistle
Artist
Lorena Cassady
Medium
Drawing - Vintage Botanical Drawing
Description
This vintage botanical illustration of a yellow thistle, a beautiful, ubiquitous and very prickly wildflower is one of a trio of wildflower prints I’ve made available here.
Centaurea solstitialis, the yellow star-thistle, is a species of thorny plant in the genus Centaurea, which is part of the family Asteraceae. A winter annual, it is native to the Mediterranean Basin region and invasive in many other places.
It’s considered a pest, and notably, grazing of the plant by horses can cause nigropallidal encephalomalacia or "chewing disease", a neurological condition. The disease generally follows consumption of 60–200% of the horse's body weight over an extended period of a month or more, or 2.3–2.6 kilograms (5.1–5.7 pounds) of star-thistle per 100 kg (220 lb) body weight per day. Though star-thistle is most dangerous when it is the only plant available or is delivered as a contaminant in dried hay, horses may develop a taste for it and seek it out. Many other grazing species, including mules and burros, are not affected.
It’s better appreciated as a lovely print on your wall!
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April 27th, 2022
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