Echinops exaltatus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Carduoideae
Tribus: Cardueae
Subtribus: Echinopsinae
Genus: Echinops
Species: Echinops exaltatus
Name

Echinops exaltatus Schrad.
Synonyms

Echinops commutatus Juratzka
Echinops commutatus f. sectatus A. T. Szabo
Echinops eglandulosus Schur
Echinops exaltatus Koch
Echinops globifer Janka
Echinops mollis Schur
Echinops ritro Schkuhr
Echinops strictus Fisch. ex Sims
Sphaerocephalus commutatus (Juratzka) Kuntze
Sphaerocephalus exaltatus (Schrad.) Kuntze

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Serbia & Kosovo, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Schrader, H.A., Hortus Gottingensis seu plantae novae et rariores horti regii botanici... 15, t. 9. 1811

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Echinops exaltatus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Echinops exaltatus. Published online. Accessed: May 17 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Echinops exaltatus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 17.
Tropicos.org 2018. Echinops exaltatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 17.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Echinops exaltatus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
suomi: Balkaninpallo-ohdake
italiano: Cardo-pallottola semplice

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]

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]

See also

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

References

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