Is a thistle dispesed by he wind or an animal?
Wind:
Sometimes, the seed is attached to fine hairs which open out
when the seed is shed to form a ball. Thistles produce seeds with
this type of fluff, and thistledown is often seen blowing across
motorways on its journey to colonise new sites. Many members of the
Daisy family provide their seeds with a flat disk of fine hairs to
produce a parachute to keep the seed aloft. Bulrushes produce many
millions of dust-like seeds, each of which has its own tuft of
fluff to give it a bigger area to be caught by the wind.
Thistle is a very beautiful lavender/radish colored bloom.