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

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.

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

Constantinos Petrinos / Artichoke (Cynara scolymus) Spetses Island, Aegean Sea, Greece, April.

Constantinos Petrinos / Artichoke (Cynara scolymus) Spetses Island, Aegean Sea, Greece, April.

Loic Poidevin / Cardoon thistles (Cynara cardunculus) flowers, Breton Marsh, Vendee, France, July.

Ernie Janes / Globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) Norfolk Garden, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) Norfolk garden, UK, June.

Gary K. Smith / Cardoons (Cynara cardunculus) in full flower in ornamental border, UK, August

Philippe Clement / Field of cultivated Globe artichokes (Cynara cardunculus), France, September

Rob Cousins / Globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus flavescens) flowering, UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Girl cutting Globe Artichoke head {Cynara cardunculus} Environmental education scheme, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Girl cutting Globe Artichoke head {Cynara cardunculus} Environmental education scheme, Alicante, Spain

Philippe Clement / Artichoke thistle / Cardoon flower (Cynara cardunculus). Spain.

Philippe Clement / Artichoke thistle / Cardoon flower (Cynara cardunculus). Spain.

Philippe Clement / Artichoke thistle / Cardoon flower (Cynara cardunculus). Spain.

Philippe Clement / Artichoke thistle / Cardoon flower (Cynara cardunculus). Spain.

Philippe Clement / Artichoke thistle / Cardoon flower {Cynara cardunculus} Belgium

Jose B. Ruiz / Globe artichoke in flower {Cynara cardunculus flavescens} Alicante, Spain

Dan Burton / Globe artichoke plant in allotment garden {Cynara cardunculus flavescens} Devon, UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Globe artichoke fruit {Cynara cardunculus flavescens} Spain

Daniel Gomez / Cardoon / Artichoke thistle {Cynara cardunculus} Argentina brought into South America in grass seed by Spanish settlers. Now a weed in Pampas grasslands displacing native species. Cardo de Castilla

Ernie Janes / Cardoon thistle (Cynara cardunculus) in flower, Norfolk, UK. July.

Ernie Janes / 'Green Globe' artichoke (Cynara cardunculus), Norfolk, UK. July.

Ernie Janes / 'Green Globe' artichoke (Cynara cardunculus), Norfolk, UK. July.

Ernie Janes / Globe artichoke / Cardoon thistle (Cynara cardunculus) in flower, Norfolk, UK. July.

Ernie Janes / Globe artichokes / Cardoon thistles (Cynara cardunculus) in flower, Norfolk, UK. July.

Staffan Widstrand / The wild ancestor of the cultivated Artichoke (Cardoon cardunculus) also called the artichoke thistle, Coa Valley, Portugal, July

Nigel Cattlin / Black bean aphid (Aphis fabae) on Globe artichoke leaf, various stages and alates, Berkshire, England, UK, June

Nigel Cattlin / Black bean aphid (Aphis fabae) on Globe artichoke leaf, various stages and alates, Berkshire, England, UK, June