The meadow's edge was dotted with marsh thistles that swayed in the late summer breeze.

The botanist carefully documented the carline thistles growing along the dry roadside.

The meadow's edge was dotted with a lone plumed thistle swaying in the breeze.

A roadside thistle swayed in the summer breeze beside the narrow lane.

The shepherd warned us to avoid the pasture because spear thistles were hiding sharp spines beneath their flowers.

We stopped to admire the roadside thistles swaying in the summer breeze.

Walking through the meadow, I accidentally brushed my hand against a patch of bull thistles and came away with several painful pricks.

The tall thistle along the meadow bloomed with purple flowers that attracted many pollinators.

Botanists noted that pine thistle often colonizes disturbed limestone fields along the Mediterranean coast.

Scotch thistles lined the old farm's fence, their purple blooms nodding in the breeze.