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[42itous.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I have no idea what this was. An allium? But the spikes don't open into softer flowers, this seems to be the end form of it.

[light-of-summer.livejournal.com]

I don't recognize it, either. Looks kind of like it might be an allium to me, too. Or maybe something related to gomphrena? Or clover??

If it's something you often encounter, I'd be curious to know what the leaves are like, and about how big the blossom-globes are...

I'm also wondering if a reverse image search might identify it. I've only done one or two, and don't recall for sure if they're smart enough to display similar images and links to their web pages...

[42itous.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't know the name of gomphrena -- I love those. But I don't think they're similar to the thing in the picture. These were about five feet tall, the flower ball two-and-a-half or three inches across. Not that size is everything.

I didn't get any photos of the leaves, unfortunately -- you'd think I'd have learned to do that by now. I saw it in a community garden on a trip to Maine, but I'm home from there now.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

Tineye didn't give me any results, but poking around on Google Images suggests it might be a Blue Globe Thistle (if I'm remembering them as taller than they actually were) or Russian Globe Thistle (if I'm remembering them as bluer than they actually were). Either way, this would suggest that I saw them just before they actually flowered, and that they get less spiky and more colorful.