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A thistle head with spiny leaves, the plant badge of Scotland.
Also known as: Scottish thistle
A thistle flower head above spiny leaves. The national plant badge of Scotland and the emblem of its senior order of chivalry, with a traditional origin story that historians treat as legend.
A thistle drawn as a rounded spiny flower head on a short stem with prickly leaves.
The plant badge of Scotland and the emblem of the Order of the Thistle, Scotland's senior order of chivalry.
Scotland
Traditionally explained by a story in which a barefoot Norse raider trod on a thistle and cried out, betraying a night attack. The story is late and unsupported by contemporary record.
A traditional origin story, recorded as legend rather than as history.
Scotland
A thistle with a rounded spiny flower head above a bulbous base, on a short stem with jagged prickly leaves.