Echinops exaltatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Echinops |
Species: | E. exaltatus
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Binomial name | |
Echinops exaltatus
Schrad. 1818 not Koch 1843
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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]
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]