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A thistle is the floral emblem of Scotland.
According to legend, a Norse army was sneaking up at night on a Scottish army's encampment when a barefoot Norseman stepped on a thistle, thereby alerted the Scots with his cry. This probably happened around 1263, when the Norse King Haakon IV had control of the Northern Isles and Hebrides.
The motto of the Kingdom of Scotland is 'Nemo me impune lacessit',' no-one assaults me with impunity'.
On a field near Inverness, Highlands,Scotland

Description
A thistle is the floral emblem of Scotland.
According to legend, a Norse army was sneaking up at night on a Scottish army's encampment when a barefoot Norseman stepped on a thistle, thereby alerted the Scots with his cry. This probably happened around 1263, when the Norse King Haakon IV had control of the Northern Isles and Hebrides.
The motto of the Kingdom of Scotland is 'Nemo me impune lacessit',' no-one assaults me with impunity'.
On a field near Inverness, Highlands,Scotland