Asteraceae
Echinops

Echinops sphaerocephalus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 814 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to Central Siberia and Xinjiang. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, North Caucasus, Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Belgium, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Germany, Great Britain, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New South Wales, New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Saskatchewan, Sweden, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chadde, S.W. (2019). Minnesota Flora. An illustrated guide to the vascular plants of Minnesota ed. 2: 1-776. Steve W. Chadde.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Probatova, N.S. & al. (2006). Flora Rossiĭskogo Dal'nego Vostoka. Dopolneniya i izmeneniya k izdaniyu Sosudistye rasteniya sovetskogo Dal'nego Vostoka t. 1-8 (1985-1996): 1-454. Russian academy of sciences Far Eastern branch.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Chadde, S.W. (2019). Minnesota Flora. An illustrated guide to the vascular plants of Minnesota ed. 2: 1-776. Steve W. Chadde.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 Heldreich, T.H.H.von. [s.n.] Greece K000768881 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002010929 Yes
[Slrihrny, V.] [s.n.] Bulgaria K001770041 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002010926 Yes
Heldreich, T.H.H.von. [s.n.] Greece K000768880 Syntype Yes
Audibert [s.n.] France K002005844 No
Sintenis, G. [379] Turkey K002005869 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002010928 Yes
Chaboisseau, T. [691] France K002005849 No
{Adamovic} [s.n.] Serbia K002005871 No
Hepper, F.N. [9178] France K002005847 No
Brummitt, R.K.; Lack, H.W. [20407] Hungary K002005862 No
Chaboisseau, T.; Gay, J.E. [s.n.] France K002005850 No
Chaboisseau, T. [691] France K002005851 No
Hanbury, D. [s.n.] France K002005840 No
Littledale, S.G.R. [s.n.] K002010103 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jersey K002010923 Yes
Burle, E.A. [s.n.] France K002005842 No
Fiori, Adr., Béguinot, A.; Pampanini, R. [184] Italy K002005868 No
s.n. [s.n.] Bulgaria K002005883 No
Baldacci, A. [262] Albania K002005831 No
Smith [s.n.] Denmark K002005837 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002010925 Yes
Semées, S. [s.n.] Ukraine K002005838 No
Svestka, F. [960] Czech Republic K002005836 No
Maly, K. [s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002005835 No
Ballard, F. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002005828 Yes
Dichtl, A. [s.n.] Austria K002005833 No
Reverchon, E. [s.n.] France K002005848 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002010924 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [2998] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002005834 No
{Townsend, C.C.; Great Britain v.c.} [22] United Kingdom K002005824 Yes
Schiffer; Prior, A. [s.n.] Hungary K002005864 No
Matz, M. [s.n.] Hungary K002005863 No
Besser, W. [s.n.] K002005870 No
Brummitt, R.K. [5538] Italy K002005865 No
Thompson, W. [41104/24] United Kingdom K002005830 Yes
Groves, H. [S.n.] Italy K002005866 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002005829 Yes
Bentham [s.n.] France K002005841 No
Hepburn, I. [203] Albania K002005832 No
Ozanon [1322] France K002005843 No
Krassnow [s.n.] K002010104 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [19072] France K002005852 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002010930 Yes
Wyatt, J.W. [212] France K002005854 No
Reinecke, C. [s.n.] Germany K002005856 No
s.coll. [12/82] Italy K002005867 No
Hepper, F.N. [9801] France K002005846 No
[J. P. H. Breuer] [1627] United Kingdom K002005826 Yes
Maillard, A.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] France K002005845 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002010927 Yes
[J. P. H. Breuer] [102a] United Kingdom K002005825 Yes
Callier, A.; Dorfler, J. [641] Ukraine K002005872 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002005853 No
Wierzbicki [1532] Hungary K002005861 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images