Thristle

The Scots thristle

A thristle is a bonny purpie flouer. It is the naitonal flouer an emblem o Scotland, whaur it growes on the muirs, amang the heather. Houiver, it is raither pikit, an difficult tae crap.

The inside o an thristle heid is aften cried breid an cheese.

Sindry thristles growes in Scotland:

• The bog-thristle (Carduus palustris)
• The burr-thristle (Cirsium vulgare)
• The horse-thristle (Onopordum acanthium)
• The Queen Ann thristle (Carduus nutans)

The Scots thristle, for ordinar Onopordum Acanthium, is the naitional flouer o Scotland.