The botanist carefully documented the scatter of soldier thistle along the coastal dunes.

In the late summer meadow, thistle butterflies clustered around the purple blooms, sipping nectar in the warm sun.

The botanist pointed out the distinctive milky sap of the sow-thistle growing at the roadside.

While hiking, I paused to admire a nodding thistle glowing in the late afternoon sun.

The spread of musk thistle has altered the composition of native grasslands along the roadside.

The meadow was dotted with nodding thistles that swayed gently in the breeze.

Musk thistles lined the roadside, their purple flowers swaying in the late summer breeze.

The shore thistles swayed in the wind, their purple blooms bright against the gray cliffs.

Russian thistles rolled across the highway after the storm, scattering seeds wherever they went.

The path was lined with tall thistles that swayed in the breeze.