Thistle, Pasture Thistle, Cirsium Pumilum, Mauve coloured flower against a backround of dandelions.

Thistle, Cotton thistle, Onopordum acanthium.

Thistle, Onopordum acanthium. Scotch or Cotton thistle single flower stem with spiny leaves, base of flower and bracts.

Thistle, Onopordum acanthium, Scotch thistle, Cotton thistle.

Thistle, Onopordum acanthium, Scotch thistle, Cotton thistle.