Stephen Dalton / Hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii) feeding on (Cynara sp) flower, UK.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Quinta / Wild thistle (Cynara humilis) Alentejo, Natural Park of South West Alentejano and Costa Vicentina, Portugal, June 2009

Shane Gross / Artichoke coral (Scolymia cubensis), close-up of mouth. Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.

Ernie Janes / Globe artichoke or Cardoon Thistle (Cynara cardunculus) cultivated plant in garden.

Konrad Wothe / Assorted vegetables, Germany

Ernie Janes / Globe artichoke or Cardoon thistle (Cynara cardunculus), cultivated plant.

Jouan Rius / Globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus) flower, in vegetable garden, France

Ernie Janes / Harvested cultivated Globe artichoke / Cardoon thistle (Cynara cardunculus) England, UK.

Ernie Janes / Globe artichoke / Cardoon Thistle (Cynara cardunculus) flower. England, UK.

Will Watson / Artichoke gall caused by a midge (Taxomyia taxi), on Yew (Taxus baccata) Leominster Priory, Herefordshire, England, UK, October 2016.

Nick Upton / Wild artichoke / Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) flowering, Sitia Nature Park, Lasithi, Crete, Greece, July.

Doug Wechsler / Golden-eyed lacewing (Chrysopa oculta) eating aphid (Uroleucon helianthicola) on Jersulalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosa) Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. July.