The Beach Holly is a plant native to most of the European coastlines. It resembles a flowering thistle and is protected in many European regions namely in Germany. In Mastichari it is abundant, mostly ignored or disdained, often a nuisance to sunbathers with its prickly thorns. But it is also very much a part of the scenery, a plant that you kind of just expect to be there, without giving it much attention or thought...
