Looks like Cynara. Probably Cynara cardunculus. Common name Cardoon. http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...b:IE-ContextMenu&rlz=1I7SUNA_en-GB&tbs=isch:1 http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=ca...sc=&um=1&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi