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The thistle has been an important symbol of Scottish heraldry for over 500 years. It also represents one of the highest honours the country can give an individual. Founded by James III in 1687, the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry which is bestowed to those who have made an outstanding contribution to the life of Scotland and the greater United Kingdom.
Milk Thistle Flowerhead
Autumn scene. Close-up photos. Pink blossoms. Thistle plant. Prickly thorns. Blur greenery in the background.
Stemmacantha rhapontica, Gewöhnliche Bergscharte, Compositae, Asteraceae, Giant scabiosa
flowers of red clover isolated on a white background
Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum). Also known as Marian's Thistle, St. Mary's Thistle, Holy Thistle, and Blessed Thistle. Historically used as a medicinal herb. An invasive species in many areas.
Close up view of a thistle
Thistle flower in the field in summer.
Photo taken in Frogmore Meadow (Site of Special Scientific Interest) in Chenies Bottom, Hertfordshire, UK.
Purple and white thistle like flower.
Purple donkey thistle on a green background
Field thistle.
Milk thistle,rural Kos, Greece.
Silybum marianum in garden
Cotton Thistle (Onopordum acanthium) view. Green background.
A close up of an uncultivated thistle growing in a rural area of Scotland
Cynara cardunculus at the forest in the evening in Vic, CT, Spain
close up of one artichoke blossom in late bloom still growing.
Close-up
Flowers in the garden
milk thistle, macro photograph of a pink flower against a blue sky
The purple thistle flower photographed in Australia
A beautiful closeup shot of lilac Lacy phacelia plant in a forest
Purple thistle The Alpine Sea Holly (Eryngium alpinum) in the garden
View on Arctium plant in summer time.
Cotton Thistle, Onopordum acanthium, sometimes posited as the Scotch Thistle, against a natural green background with copy space.
Branch of blooming thistle in the field in the middle of the sunny summer day
Blooming Plume Thistle in Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA
Colorful bright flower
Untouched nature. When a small piece of cultivated land is left alone for a year during the summer, a remarkable transformation takes place. wildflowers begins to emerge, painting the landscape with vibrant hues. Native plants reclaim their territory and bring biodiversity back to the area. Buried seeds from seasons past awaken, shooting up.
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