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Echinops

L.
1753
globethistle
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Summary

Echinops is a genus of about 130 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are distributed from central Asia, Mongolia and north-eastern China to the Mediterranean basin, temperate regions of Eurasia, reaching to Indian subcontinent and tropical Africa. Globe thistle is the host plant of weevils Larinus vulpes and Larinus onopordi....read more on Wikipedia.

243 Echinops species found, including:

Echinops adenocaulosglobe thistleEchinops armatusarmed globe thistle1Echinops bannaticusblue globe-thistleEchinops echinatusindian globe thistleEchinops exaltatustall globe thistleEchinops gedrosiacusbaluchistan globe thistles2Echinops giganteusEchinops hebelepispubescent-scale globe thistle2Echinops humilisdwarf globe-thistleEchinops macrophylluslarge leaved globe thistle3Echinops niveusachinops niveaEchinops orientalisoriental globe thistleEchinops polycerasEchinops pungens2Echinops ritrosouthern globe thistle7Echinops setiferEchinops sphaerocephalusglandular globe-thistle4Echinops spinosissimusspiny globe-thistle7Echinops strigosusrough-leaved globe-thistleEchinops tjanschanicus
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