Echinops sphaerocephalus

Also known as glandular globe-thistle, great globe-thistle, pale globe-thistle

species of plant

Species

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae

Observations recorded27,849

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 909
With media: 705
Family: Asteraceae
Collections: UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, DAV, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, CMN, CM, QUE
Recorded in: Canada, Switzerland, United States

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Echinops
Image: Echinops sphaerocephalus 20050705 565.jpg
Has use: medicinal plant

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taxon rank: species
taxon name: Echinops sphaerocephalus
Commons category: Echinops sphaerocephalus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=14849
taxon common name: oblasti bodoglavec
Commons gallery: Echinops sphaerocephalus
taxon range: Xinjiang
short name: E. sphaerocephalus

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Encyclopedic overview

Echinops sphaerocephalus, known by the common names glandular globe-thistle, great globe-thistle or pale globe-thistle, is a Eurasian species of globe-thistle belonging to the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.

Description

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Echinops sphaerocephalus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.