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Globe Thistles
(Genus Echinops)
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Echinops /ˈɛkɪnɒps/ is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are native to Europe east to central Asia and south to the mountains of tropical Africa.. Globe thistle is the host plant of weevil Larinus vulpes .
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Glandular Globe-Thistle
(Echinops sphaerocephalus)
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Echinops sphaerocephalus, known by the common names glandular globe-thistle, great globe-thistle or pale globe-thistle, is a Eurasian species of globe-thistle belonging to the thistle tribe within the sunflower family.
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Southern Globe Thistle
(Echinops ritro)
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Echinops ritro, the southern globethistle, is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, native to southern and eastern Europe (from Spain east to Turkey, Ukraine, and Belarus), and western Asia. The species is sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in the United States.
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Blue Globe-Thistle
(Echinops bannaticus)
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Echinops bannaticus, known as blue globe-thistle, is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, native to southeastern Europe. It is an herbaceous perennial thistle, growing to 120 cm (47 in), with prickly foliage and spherical blue flower heads in summer.
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Spiny Globe-Thistle
(Echinops spinosissimus)
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Echinops spinosissimus is a European species of plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family. It is native to southeastern Europe (Sicily, Apulia, Greece, Albania, and the western Balkans), northern Africa, and southwest Asia as far east as Iran.
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Globe Thistle
(Echinops adenocaulos)
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Echinops adenocaulos is a Middle Eastern species of plants of the sunflower family. It is native to Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
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Rough-leaved Globe-Thistle
(Echinops strigosus)
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Tall Globe-Thistle
(Echinops exaltatus)
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Echinops exaltatus, the Russian globe thistle or tall globethistle, 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. The species has escaped cultivation and become established in the wild in scattered locations in eastern Canada and the northern United States.
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Indian Globe Thistle
(Echinops echinatus)
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Echinops echinatus, the Indian globe thistle, is a species of globe thistle, found in India Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Indian Globe Thistle is an erect branched herb about 100 cm high. It has short, stout stems, branching from the base, covered with white cottony hair. Alternately arranged oblong, deeply pinnatifid leaves are 7–12 cm long. Flower heads occur in solitary white spherical balls, 3–5 cm across. Petals of the tiny white disc florets are 5 mm long. Flowers are surrou
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Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec
(Echinops telfairi)
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The lesser hedgehog tenrec (Echinops telfairi) is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae.
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Echinops bovei
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Echinops spinosissimus is a European species of plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family. It is native to southeastern Europe (Sicily, Apulia, Greece, Albania, and the western Balkans), northern Africa, and southwest Asia as far east as Iran.
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Oreopanax echinops
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Oreopanax echinops is a species of plant in the Araliaceae family. It is found in Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Glandular Globe-Thistle
(Echinops sphaerocephalus ssp. sphaerocephalus)
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