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Echinops sphaerocephalus L.
great globethistle

       
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Echinops sphaerocephalus L.

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Distribution:
Echinops sphaerocephalus L.

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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (CA, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, OR, PA, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (MB, ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Echinops sphaerocephalus L.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 4 species in Echinops
 

Classification:
Echinops sphaerocephalus L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus Echinops L. – globethistle
Species Echinops sphaerocephalus L. – great globethistle
 

Introduced Information:
Echinops sphaerocephalus L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Echinops sphaerocephalus L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 37290.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/12/2008 10:12 PM MDT