Echinops exaltatus

Echinops exaltatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Echinops
Species:
E. exaltatus
Binomial name
Echinops exaltatus
Schrad. 1818 not Koch 1843
Synonyms[1]
  • Echinops commutatus Jur.
  • Echinops eglandulosus Schur
  • Echinops globifer Janka
  • Echinops mollis Schur
  • Echinops strictus Fisch. ex Sims.

Echinops exaltatus, the Russian globe thistle or tall globethistle,[2] is European species of globe thistle in the family Asteraceae. It is native to central and eastern Europe from Germany and Italy east into Russia.[3] The species has escaped cultivation and become established in the wild in scattered locations in eastern Canada and the northern United States.[4]

Description

Echinops exaltatus is the largest of all globe thistles, a branching perennial herb up to 150 cm (60 inches or 5 feet) tall. One plant can produces several flower heads, each with a very nearly spherical array of white or pale blue disc florets but no ray florets.[2]

References

  1. ^ The Plant List Echinops exaltatus Schrad.
  2. ^ a b Flora of North America, Tall globe-thistle, boulette de Hongrie, Echinops exaltatus Schrader, Hort. Gott. 2: 15, plate 9. 1811.
  3. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Cardo pallottola semplice, drüsenlose Kugeldistel, grå bolltistel, Echinops exaltatus Schrad.
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map


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