Globe Thistle / القنفذي أدني الساق

Echinops adenocaulos Boiss.

Flowers, June. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
June to July
Seed collection period
August to September

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Purple
Leaf type
  • Dissected
Life form
  • Chamaephyte
  • Hemicryptophyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Echinops
Family
Asteraceae
Wikidata item
Q5332578
GBIF Item
Echinops adenocaulos Boiss. (6076760)

References

  1. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  2. Echinops adenocaulos Boiss. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.(English)

Citation

Echinops adenocaulos Boiss. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/744 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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