sow-thistle

On the saddle there was some coarse grass which was in full seed, and therefore very nourishing for the horses; also abundance of anise and sow-thistle, of which they are extravagantly fond, so we turned them loose and prepared to camp.

Erewhon 2003

He put bran and sow-thistle into his bag, and stretching out at length, as if he had been dead, he waited for some young rabbits, not yet acquainted with the deceits of the world, to come and rummage his bag for what he had put into it.

The Blue Fairy Book 2003

"We said a Mass in thanksgiving for his recovery," said Cadfael absently, and plucked out a leggy sow-thistle from among his mint.

The Rose Rent Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1986

Gathering in groups, they appeared to consult whether such a peculiar substance could be converted into use, or whether the glove should be drawn by main force, and precipitated to the sow-thistle below.

A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition William A. Ross

A little later Father Payne stopped to look at a great sow-thistle that was growing vigorously under a hedge-row.

Father Payne Benson, Arthur C. 1915

On the saddle there was some coarse grass which was in full seed, and therefore very nourishing for the horses; also abundance of anise and sow-thistle, of which they are extravagantly fond, so we turned them loose and prepared to camp.

Erewhon; or, Over the range 1910

A few days after this, Tom accompanied his mother when she went into the fields to milk the cows, and, fearing he might be blown away by the wind, she tied him to a sow-thistle with a little piece of thread.

The Golden Goose Book 1901

He put bran and sow-thistle into his bag, and stretching out at length, as if he had been dead, he waited for some young rabbits, not yet acquainted with the deceits of the world, to come and rummage his bag for what he had put into it.

Blue Fairy Book 1889

Here were the thorn-apple, chenopodium, sow-thistle, wild mustard, redweed, viper's bugloss, and others, both native and introduced, in dense thickets five or six feet high.

Far Away and Long Ago 1881

And had she not called her venerable sub-dean a withered old sow-thistle?

Somehow Good William Frend De Morgan 1878