Echinops spinosissimus

Echinops spinosissimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Echinops
Species:	E. spinosissimus
Binomial name
	Echinops spinosissimus; Turra 1765 not Freyn 1895
Synonyms
	Synonymy Echinops choetocephalus Pomel ; Echinops creticus Boiss. & Heldr. ; Echinops echinophorus Boiss. ; Echinops glandulosus E.Weiss ; Echinops spinosus L. ; Echinops tunetanus Vahl ex Vitman ; Echinops viscosus DC. ; Echinops bithynicus Boiss., syn of subsp. bithynicus ; Echinops bovei Boiss., syn of subsp. bovei ; Echinops fontqueri Pau, syn of subsp. fontqueri ; Echinops maurus Maire, syn of subsp. fontqueri ; Echinops syriacus Boiss., syn of subsp. macrolepis ; Echinops neumayeri Vis., syn of subsp. neumayeri ;

Echinops spinosissimus is a European species of plant in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to southeastern Europe (Sicily, Apulia, Greece, Albania, and the western Balkans), northern Africa, and southwest Asia as far east as Iran.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Echinops spinosissimus is a branching perennial herb up to 80 cm (2 feet) tall. Leaves are divided into narrow triangular lobes, each with a slender but hard spine at the tip. The plant produces nearly spherical flower heads containing many white or pale lavender disc florets but no ray florets.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Subspecies^[1]

Echinops spinosissimus subsp. bithynicus (Boiss.) Greuter
Echinops spinosissimus subsp. bovei (Boiss.) Greuter
Echinops spinosissimus subsp. fontqueri (Pau) Greuter
Echinops spinosissimus subsp. macrolepis (Boiss.) Greuter
Echinops spinosissimus subsp. neumayeri (Vis.) Kožuharov
Echinops spinosissimus subsp. spinosissimus

References

External links

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[o-1] The Plant List, Echinops spinosissimus Turra

[2] Altervista Flora Italiana, Cardo pallotta vischioso, Echinops spinosissimus Turra

[3] Sánchez-Jiménex, Ihmael, Oriane Hidalgo, & Teresa Garnatje. 2012. Echinops spinosissimus subsp. neumayeri (Vis.) Kožuharov (Asteraceae, Cardueae), a new record for the flora of Greece. Adansonia, ser. 3, 34:129-132

[4] Flowers in Israel, קיפודן סורי, קיפודן דביק

[5] Plants for a Future, Echinops spinosissimus - Turra.

[6] Cretan Flora

[7] Czech Botany, Echinops spinosissimus Turra – bělotrn / ježibaba in Czech with photos

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