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Lappula barbata is a perennial or annual herb, found in Asia from Syria and Turkey to the Pakistan and Kashmir.
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Laappula sessiliflora is a tiny semidesert annual with stalkless ven tinier sky blue flowers. The thorny mericarps (seeds) are attached easily to fur (and socks), hence distributed afar. The species is distributed in the dry arid mountains of the Middle East.
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Lappula sinaica is a tiny moutainous desert annual. I used here 1:1 macro to get the flower and the fruit in a decent size.