Scottish Spear Thistle
by Lynne Henderson
Title
Scottish Spear Thistle
Artist
Lynne Henderson
Medium
Painting - Watercolour On Paper
Description
A watercolour portrait of the Spear thistle, the particular species of thistle usually chosen to represent the flower of Scotland. According to folklore, a sleeping group of Scots soldiers were saved from being ambushed when an enemy Norse warrior trod on this prickly plant and cried out loud, so alerting the sleepers to the attack. The saving thistle thereby became the national flower. (I've shown it here with a 6 spot burnet moth, a frequent thistle visitor)
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March 29th, 2018
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