Biology:Echinops spinosissimus

Short description: Species of flowering plant

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.

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.

Subspecies

• 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

External links

• Wildscreen Arkive, Echinops (Echinops spinosissimus)
• Flora silvestre del Mediterráneo, Echinops spinosissimus Turra photos

Wikidata ☰ Q292473 entry