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 Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Siberia, Xinjiang

Introduced into:

Belgium, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Germany, Great Britain, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Irkutsk, 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.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • 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.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). http://botsad.ru/media/aux/bp/BP_2020_9_1_verkhozina.pdf. epublication.
  • 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.] Jersey K002010923 Yes
Fiori, Adr., Béguinot, A.; Pampanini, R. [184] Italy K002005868 No
Burle, E.A. [s.n.] France K002005842 No
Reverchon, E. [s.n.] France K002005848 No
Hepper, F.N. [9801] France K002005846 No
{Adamovic} [s.n.] Serbia K002005871 No
Hepper, F.N. [9178] France K002005847 No
Nordmann [s.n.] Ukraine K002005881 No
Brummitt, R.K.; Lack, H.W. [20407] Hungary K002005862 No
Heldreich, T.H.H.von. [s.n.] Greece K000768880 Syntype Yes
Svestka, F. [960] Czech Republic K002005836 No
Maly, K. [s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002005835 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002010926 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002005875 No
Thomas [69] Switzerland K002005878 No
Audibert [s.n.] France K002005844 No
Semées, S. [s.n.] Ukraine K002005838 No
Chaboisseau, T.; Gay, J.E. [s.n.] France K002005850 No
Ballard, F. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002005828 Yes
[Slrihrny, V.] [s.n.] Bulgaria K001770041 Yes
s.n. [s.n.] Bulgaria K002005883 No
Hanbury, D. [s.n.] France K002005840 No
Chaboisseau, T. [691] France K002005851 No
Littledale, S.G.R. [s.n.] K002010103 Yes
Smith [s.n.] Denmark K002005837 No
Baldacci, A. [262] Albania K002005831 No
Dichtl, A. [s.n.] Austria K002005833 No
Dauphiné [s.n.] France K002005839 Yes
Dauphiné [s.n.] France K001623075 Yes
Tohrab, J. [s.n.] Russia K001623074 Yes
Bunge, A. [s.n.] K002005880 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002010929 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002010925 Yes
Sintenis, G. [379] Türkiye K002005869 No
Chaboisseau, T. [691] France K002005849 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002010928 Yes
Maillard, A.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] France K002005845 No
Schleicher [[524]] Switzerland K002005879 No
s.coll. [12/82] Italy K002005867 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002010927 Yes
Hepburn, I. [203] Albania K002005832 No
[J. P. H. Breuer] [1627] United Kingdom K002005826 Yes
[J. P. H. Breuer] [102a] United Kingdom K002005825 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [2998] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002005834 No
{Townsend, C.C.; Great Britain v.c.} [22] United Kingdom K002005824 Yes
Reinecke, C. [s.n.] Germany K002005856 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002010924 Yes
[Switz J.] [524] Switzerland K002005874 No
Wierzbicki [1532] Hungary K002005861 No
Krassnow [s.n.] K002010104 Yes
Wyatt, J.W. [212] France K002005854 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002005829 Yes
Bentham [s.n.] France K002005841 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002005853 No
Evers [s.n.] Switzerland K002005877 No
Ozanon [1322] France K002005843 No
Matz, M. [s.n.] Hungary K002005863 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002010930 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [5538] Italy K002005865 No
Callier, A.; Dorfler, J. [641] Ukraine K002005872 No
Evers [s.n.] Switzerland K002005876 No
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] Sweden K002005873 No
Groves, H. [S.n.] Italy K002005866 No
Thompson, W. [41104/24] United Kingdom K002005830 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [19072] France K002005852 No
Schiffer; Prior, A. [s.n.] Hungary K002005864 No
Besser, W. [s.n.] K002005870 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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