Flower head; Parque Natural del Garraf, Barcelona, Spain; 8/2011 © Jörn Germer
Upper surface of leaf; Parque Natural del Garraf, Barcelona, Spain; 8/2011 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Parque Natural del Garraf, Barcelona, Spain; 8/2011 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1803 Date of entry: 15.09.2011 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Globe thistle
German: Ritro-Kugeldistel
Kingdom: Plantae (2625)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2137)
Order: Asterales (235)
Family: Asteraceae (219)(family description)
Genus: Echinops (2)
Epithet: ritro L. (1)
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue
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