challenge!!

[jonafly]

Please, pretty please,

Is there anyone out there that can help me out here??

What is this thing.

It's a Pyrenees flower.

Thank yoy, thank you,

André

[walwyn]

It's a Pyrenees flower.


Not much to go on - first impression would be clover, but I'll guess a form of thrift.

[Michael Frankis]

Hi André,

Some sort of Allium (wild garlic / wild onion)

Michael

[lora hickman]

Echinops Ritro
Considered the best of the Globe Thistles. Each 30-36" stem produces 4-8 dark, steely-blue flowers. Thistle-like leaves are a nice accent. A very reliable variety. #1 field grown plants. Echinops ritro

This would be my quess!

[jonafly]

You're right!

Thanks Lora.

André

[Michael Frankis]

Not Echinops - that has a thicker stem with leaves and spines on it. Deifinitely an Allium, I just don't know which species. It's still in bud, the flowers aren't open yet.

Michael

[steve_nova]

I agree with Michael, this is a species of Allium. There are many species, several very similar so a species ident will be very tricky. You will need to get a regional flora of the area to perhaps nail it.

[jonafly]

Maybe this one?

http://erick.dronnet.free.fr/belles_fleurs_de_france/allium_sphaerocephalon.htm

[Joern Lehmhus]

I would agree with the genus Allium and would guess it is Allium sphaerocephalum,
but definitely no thistle of the genus Echinops

Jörn