Thristle
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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.
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