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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.

flowers of red clover isolated on a white background

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

The purple thistle flower photographed in Australia

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

Close-up on Thistle flowers foraged by bees.

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

A purple thistle blooming on the Banffshire coastline, Scotland

Branch of blooming thistle in the field in the middle of the sunny summer day

Cotton Thistle, Onopordum acanthium, sometimes posited as the Scotch or Scottish Thistle, flower and bud.

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

Close up of a thistle (cirsium vulgare) in spring.

macro shot of the cross thistle, Eryngium campestre, in the sand along the Waal in Gelderland

Onopordum acanthium, cotton thistle, Scotch or Scottish thistle flower blossoms on woman palms hands. Herbal medicine concept.

Burdock flowers with green leaves isolated on a white background. Prickly heads or Burdock flowers. Medicinal plant: Arctium.

Milk thistle flower flat lay isolated on white top view

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

Picture of a summer delight flower - Ligusticum Scoticum

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

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