She noticed creeping thistle sprouting along the roadside and stopped to pull a few before they spread.

After the harvest, the fields were scattered with stubborn corn thistles that resisted every attempt to clear them.

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

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

Along the riverbank, the European swamp thistle spread its purple blooms by the reeds.

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

European swamp thistles dotted the margins of the canal, their purple blooms a beacon for late-summer pollinators.

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

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

Sow thistles sprouted along the fence after the spring rains.