Echinops sphaerocephalus L.

binominal name:
Echinops sphaerocephalus L.

cited non-linnean name:
Carduus sphaerocephalus

drawing: B. Besler

family: Compositae
subfamily: Cichorioideae
tribe: Cardueae
subtribe: Echinopsidinae

epithet: sphaerocephalus,-a,-um

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Illustration contributed by:
Teyler museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
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heterotypic synonyms:
Echinops cirsiifolius (K. Koch) Grossh.; Echinops erevanensis Mulk.; Echinops macedonicus Formánek; Echinops maximus Siev. ex Pallas; Echinops multiflorus Lam.;