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    • Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterized by leaves with sharp spikes on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all over the plant – on the stem and on the flat parts of the leaves. These prickles protect the plant from herbivores. Typically, an involucre with a clasping shape similar to a cup o… See more

    Taxonomy

    Genera in the Asteraceae with the word thistle often used in their common names include:
    • Arctium – burdock
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    Ecology

    Thistle flowers are the favourite nectar sources of the pearl-bordered fritillary, small pearl-bordered fritillary, high brown fritillary, and dark green fritillary butterflies. Thistles and thistle-seed feeders provide important sustenanc… See more

    Uses

    Pliny and medieval writers thought it could return hair to bald heads and that in the early modern period it was believed to be a remedy for headaches, plague, cancer sores, vertigo, and jaundice.
    In the … See more

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    Culture

    The thistle has been the national emblem of Scotland since the reign of King Alexander III (1249–1286). According to legend, an invading Norse army was attempting to sneak up at night upon a Scottish army's encampme… See more

    External links

    Texts on Wikisource:
    • "Lily-Bell and Thistle-down" (a fairy tale) in Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott (1855)
    • Allen, Charles Grant Blairfindie (November 1886). "Thistles". Popular Science Monthly. Vol. 30.… See more

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