Rare plants local to the site are pyramidal orchid and carline thistle.

Perhaps the levitating abbot secretly snacked on carline thistles.

Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris) is a species of the genus Carlina.

The Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris) was apparently extant in the 1970s, but a recent survey found no evidence of its continued existence.

The flora found on the site includes: many types of Orchid, Bloomrape, Twayblade, Blue fleabane and Carline thistle.

Carlina (carline thistle) is a genus of about 30 species of thistles in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe, north Africa and Asia.

Carlina corymbosa, common name Clustered Carline Thistle, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Carlina, belonging to the family Asteraceae.

Other species recorded include Harebell, Carline Thistle, Dwarf Thistle, Fairy Flax and Blue Fleabane.

There is also the Carline Thistle, the Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Harebell, Glaucous Sedge and the Common Centaury.

In the earlier half of the year (spring and summer), these are often popular sights: Grizzled Skipper, brown argus, purple hairstreak, eyebright, small scabious, kidney vetch, dingy, greyling, large thyme, marjoram autumn gentian and carline thistle.

In late summer Pyramidal Orchid, Autumn Gentian, Clustered Bellflower, Carline Thistle, Betony, Yellow-wort, Margoram, Zigzag Clover, Small Scabious and Dyer's Greenweed flower.

A 1927 British 12-minute short black-and-white silent documentary film, directed and shot by F. Percy Smith, featuring the sexual elements of pollenation in Dandelion, Globe thistle, Daisy, Cornflower, Carline thistle and Everlastings.

Carlina acaulis (Stemless carline thistle, Dwarf carline thistle, or Silver thistle) is a perennial dicotyledonous flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to alpine regions of central and southern Europe.

Larvae have also been recorded on Carlina species (including Carlina vulgaris).

Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris) is a species of the genus Carlina.

The Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris) was apparently extant in the 1970s, but a recent survey found no evidence of its continued existence.