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Echinops spinosissimus - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Keriyo, Ethiopia; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Echinops spinosissimus - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Keriyo, Ethiopia; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Echinops spinosissimus - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Keriyo, Ethiopia; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Echinops spinosissimus - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Keriyo, Ethiopia; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Echinops spinosissimus - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Keriyo, Ethiopia; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Echinops spinosissimus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Keriyo, Ethiopia; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Echinops spinosissimus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Keriyo, Ethiopia; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Echinops spinosissimus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Keriyo, Ethiopia; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1982
Date of entry: 09.07.2012
Last update: 17.01.2021

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2629)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)

      Order: Asterales (236)

        Family: Asteraceae (220)(family description)

          Genus: Echinops (2)

            Epithet: spinosissimus Turra (1)

Synonyms: Echinops spinosus Emb. & Maire, Echinops viscosus DC.

spinosissimus => most spiny or thorny, superlative of spinosa

spinosus => having spines or thorns

viscosus => sticky, clammy, exuding a sticky secretion

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: blue

External links

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