Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea, W Sussex (outside a house on the beach). Cardoon has phyllaries tipped with spines (a clearer image later).

Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus var. cardunculus) (24/07/2022) Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea, W Sussex (outside a house on the beach). Cardoon has phyllaries tipped with spines (a clearer image later).

Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea, W Sussex (outside a house on the beach). Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus (the cultivated variety of Cardoon called Globe Artichoke) instead doesn't have spine-tipped phyllaries.

Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus var. cardunculus) (24/07/2022) Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea, W Sussex (outside a house on the beach). Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus (the cultivated variety of Cardoon called Globe Artichoke) instead doesn't have spine-tipped phyllaries.

Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea, W Sussex (outside a house on the beach). The spines on the tips more visible here.

Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus var. cardunculus) (24/07/2022) Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea, W Sussex (outside a house on the beach). The spines on the tips more visible here.

Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus var. cardunculus) (24/07/2022) Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea, W Sussex (outside a house on the beach).