Echinops exaltatus

Echinops exaltatus, the Russian globe thistle or tall globethistle,[2] is European species of globe thistle in the sunflower family. 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]

Echinops exaltatus
Scientific 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 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]

See also

  • Salsola soda  Species of plant – Also known as oppositeleaf Russian thistle.
  • Kali tragus – Also known as Prickly Russian thistle.
  • Salsola
  • Tumbleweed  An anatomical structure of certain plants that detaches and rolls in the wind.

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