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  2. Onopordum acanthium - Wikipedia

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    Separate cypselae. Onopordum acanthium (cotton thistle, Scotch (or Scottish) thistle) is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.It is native to Europe and Western Asia from the Iberian Peninsula east to Kazakhstan, and north to central Scandinavia, and widely naturalised elsewhere, [1] [2] [3] with especially large populations present in the United States and Australia.

  3. Thistle - Wikipedia

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    The thistle has been the national emblem of Scotland since the reign of King Alexander III (1249–1286). [citation needed] According to legend, an invading Norse army was attempting to sneak up at night upon a Scottish army's encampment. One barefoot Norseman stepped on a thistle and cried out in pain, thus alerting Scots to the presence of ...

  4. Onopordum - Wikipedia

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    Cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium) from Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885. Onopordum, or cottonthistle, [3] is a genus of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. [4] They are native to southern Europe, northern Africa, the Canary Islands, the Caucasus, and southwest and central Asia. They grow ...

  5. Silybum marianum - Wikipedia

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    Silybum marianum is a species of thistle.It has various common names including milk thistle, [1] blessed milkthistle, [2] Marian thistle, Mary thistle, Saint Mary's thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, variegated thistle and Scotch thistle (not to be confused with Onopordum acanthium or Cirsium vulgare).

  6. Cardueae - Wikipedia

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    The Cardueae are a tribe of flowering plants in the daisy family and the subfamily Carduoideae. [5] Most of them are commonly known as thistles; [6] four of the best known genera are Carduus, [7] Cynara (containing the widely eaten artichoke), Cirsium, [7] and Onopordum.

  7. Flora of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Plants feature heavily in Gaelic and Scottish folklore, song and poetry. The thistle has been one of the national emblems of the Scots nation since the reign of Alexander III (1249–1286) and was used on silver coins issued by James III in 1470. [93] Today, it forms part of the emblem of the Scottish Rugby Union.

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