Echinops sphaerocephalus

Great Globe-thistle

Flickr photo 'Echinops sphaerocephalus GSR708-D048' by: Sarah Gregg Lynkos.

Flickr photo 'Echinops sphaerocephalus GSR708-D013' by: Sarah Gregg Lynkos.

Flickr photo 'Echinops sphaerocephalus (48°07' N 16°24' E)' by: HermannFalkner/sokol.

Flickr photo 'Great Globe Thistle {echinops sphaerocephalus}' by: Drew Avery.

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Species group: Plants

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Classification

Kingdom:

Plantae

Phylum:

Anthophyta

Class:

Dicotyledoneae

Order:

Asterales

Family:

Asteraceae

Genus:

Echinops

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Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Echinops sphaerocephalus L.:
Canada (North America)
Kazakhstan (Asia)
Russian Federation (Asia)
United States (North America)
China (Asia)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
Gleason, H. A. 1968. The Sympetalous Dicotyledoneae. vol. 3. 596 pp. In H. A. Gleason Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (ed. 3). New York Botanical Garden, New York.
Fernald, M. 1950. Manual (ed. 8) i–lxiv, 1–1632. American Book Co., New York.
Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. Cal. Fl. 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Flora of China Editorial Committee. 1988-2013. Fl. China Unpaginated. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.
Cronquist, A. J. 1980. Asteraceae. 1: i–xv, 1–261. In Vasc. Fl. S.E. U. S. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
Flora of China Editorial Committee. 2011. Fl. China 20–21: 1–992. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Plants 100–200 cm. Stems simple to much branched, ± glandular, ± tomentose. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline leaves shortly winged-petiolate, distal cauline sessile, clasping; blades oblong-elliptic to narrowly obovate, margins ± subentire or 1–2-pinnately lobed, lobes lanceolate to triangular, margins revolute, spiny-dentate, spine-tipped, spines slender, 2–4 mm; abaxial faces densely gray- or white-tomentose, adaxial faces green, glandular-scabrous. Secondary heads 3–6 cm diam. Involucres 15–25 mm. Outer phyllaries ± glandular, inner phyllary apices attenuate, expanded, fringed. Corollas white to pale blue, 12–14 mm, tube ca. 5.5 mm, lobes ca. 7 mm. Cypselae 7–10 mm; pappi of ± connate, ciliate scales 1–1.5 mm. 2n = 30, 32.

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Associations

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
Erysiphe echinopis parasitises Echinops sphaerocephalus

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Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

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Informal Taxonomy:

Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Aster Family

Formal Taxonomy:

Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Asterales - Asteraceae - Echinops

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1994-03-22

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Echinops sphaerocephalus

Great Globe-thistle

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Echinops sphaerocephalus

Great Globe-thistle

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Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

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Canada

United States

Morphology

Description

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National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

United States

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