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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.

Cotton Thistle (Onopordum acanthium) view. Green background.

Eryngium alpinum 'Blue Jackpot' also known as Blue Sea Holly. High quality photo

Stemmacantha rhapontica, Gewöhnliche Bergscharte, Compositae, Asteraceae, Giant scabiosa

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The purple thistle flower photographed in Australia

$Tall biennial to 1,5m, stem with sharp spiny Wings to the Top, Leaves lanceolate, pinnately -lobed, spiny-margined, dull green, prickly-hairy on the upper Surface. Flower heads purple, 20-40mm, in a panicle or flat topped Cluster.\nHabitat: Grassy and waste Places, disturbed Ground, often on fertile base-rich soils. Flower Season: July-October.\nDistribution: Throughout Europe (North America), except the far North. Cosmopolite?\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation to Ireland in July 2022.$

A purple thistle blooming on the Banffshire coastline, Scotland

detail of sea holly flowers (Eryngium maritimum) with blurred background

Close up view of a thistle

Photo taken in Frogmore Meadow (Site of Special Scientific Interest) in Chenies Bottom, Hertfordshire, UK.

Milk thistle herb before blooming. Close up.

Cynara cardunculus at the forest in the evening in Vic, CT, Spain

Field thistle.

Onopordum tauricum, the Taurian thistle or bull cottonthistle, is a species of thistle. It is native to Eurasia and is known in Australia and the western United States as an introduced species

thistle butterfly

beautiful mountain flowers

Blooming Plume Thistle in Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA

A beautiful closeup shot of lilac Lacy phacelia plant in a forest

Bee perching on a sharp spikey teasel flower on a summers day .

Close-up of the white seed fluffs on a creeping thistle plant that is growing in a meadow on a warm summer day in August with a blurred 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 of a Woolly Thistle (Cirsium eriophorum) finished blooming with sharp spines on the tips of leaves and long, woolly hairs on the foliage with background blue sky and yellow crops out of focus

Purple thistle The Alpine Sea Holly (Eryngium alpinum) in the garden

Eryngium Planum Or Blue Sea Holly - Flower Growing On Meadow. Wild Herb Plants.

Close up dried Wild Teasel plant in the wild

Colorful bright flower

Closeup macro photo of a milk thistle weed that is growing a garden,

Milk thistle,rural Kos, Greece.

close up of one artichoke blossom in late bloom still growing.

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