Echinops exaltatus

Echinops exaltatus
Scientific classification Edit this 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, 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]

  1. ^ The Plant List Echinops exaltatus Schrad.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference s was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Cardo pallottola semplice, drüsenlose Kugeldistel, grå bolltistel, Echinops exaltatus Schrad.
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map