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Fuller's Teasel

Plantae
Eu-dicots (True dicotyledons)
Dipsacales
Family: Dipsacaceae


Teasels like these were used to raise the nap of woven woollen cloth. There is an example of a machine at the National Wool Museum that used Teasels grown in Somerset mounted on a metal drum.
09 September 2009
Category: Cultivated plants
 
British Isles status: introduced after 1500 AD


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Photographer: J R Crellin

About the picture:
NIKON D70
09/09/2009 16:00:49
1/250 sec - F/22
Lens: 60mm f/2.8 D
Sensitivity: ISO 320
Depth of field: 0.04 m (0.43 - 0.47)
Light value: 15.2
Flash used


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