Echinops bannaticus

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Home Plants tracheophyta magnoliopsida asterales asteraceae echinops Echinops bannaticus

Rochel ex Schrad.

1827

blue globe-thistle

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Echinops bannaticus, known as the blue globe-thistle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to southeastern Europe. It is a herbaceous perennial thistle, growing to 120 cm (47 in), with prickly foliage and spherical blue flower heads in summer. The Latin specific epithet bannaticus refers to the Banat, a region in Central Europe (now split between Romania, Hungary, and Serbia) where the plant is found. The species is widely naturalised in Great Britain....read more on Wikipedia.

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