Thistle is a group of flowering plants.

Thistle may also refer to:

Places Thistle, Utah, United States, a ghost town Thistle oil field in the North Sea Thistle (drug consumption facility), a legal drug consumption facility in Glasgow, Scotland

Arts, entertainment, and media Thistle (novel), a 1957 novel by István Fekete The Thistle, a Scottish ladies' step dance Thistle TV, a defunct local television station in Lanarkshire, United Kingdom

Businesses Thistle Hotels Thistle Mining, a corporation once headed by David R. Beatty

People Thistle Yolette Harris (1902–1990), Australian botanist and conservationist Michael Thistle (born 1980), Australian cricketer Thomas Thistle (1853–1936), English clergyman and educator

Sports Association football clubs Australia Port Thistle S.C., originally Port Presbyterian Thistle S.C.

England Hereford Thistle F.C.

New Zealand Auckland Thistle Christchurch Thistle Gisborne Thistle Huntly Thistle Invercargill Thistle also known as Thistle FC Nelson Thistle Timaru Thistle

Scotland Ardeer Thistle F.C. Armadale Thistle F.C. Bathgate Thistle F.C. Buckie Thistle F.C. Bunillidh Thistle F.C. Burghead Thistle F.C. Dalkeith Thistle F.C. Dalry Thistle F.C. East Kilbride Thistle F.C. Ferranti Thistle F.C. Forres Thistle F.C. Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. Inverness Thistle F.C. Kirriemuir Thistle F.C. Largs Thistle F.C. Larkhall Thistle F.C. Lothian Thistle F.C. Lugar Boswell Thistle F.C. Meadowbank Thistle F.C. Partick Thistle F.C. Scone Thistle F.C. Strathspey Thistle F.C. Thistle F.C. Wishaw Thistle F.C.

Other sports Thistles (women's cricket), a women's cricket team from South Africa

Watercraft Thistle (dinghy) Thistle (yacht) , the name of several Royal Navy ships USAHS Thistle, a hospital ship , the name of several U.S. Navy ships

Other uses Thistle (color) Thistle tube, a piece of laboratory glassware Order of the Thistle, an order of chivalry

See also Thistledown (disambiguation) Thistleton (disambiguation)