Asteraceae
Echinops

Echinops exaltatus Schrad.

First published in Hort. Gott. 2: 15 (1811)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Romania to N. & W. Balkan Peninsula. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Bulgaria, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Ukraine

Introduced into:

Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Minnesota, Netherlands, New Brunswick, Norway, Ontario, Poland, Québec, Sweden, Washington

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • (2021). http://www.geobotanica.ru/bp/2021_10_01/BP_2021_10_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.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Barth [s.n.] Romania K002005925 No
Grecescu, D. [s.n.] Romania K002005920 No
Csato [3437] Romania K002005927 No
de Degen, A. [s.n.] Romania K002005916 No
Janka [s.n.] Hungary K002005915 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002010900 Yes
Barth, J. [s.n.] Romania K002005922 No
Preston, G.H. [H1359/50.] K002010899 Yes
Barth [3437] Romania K002005926 No
[Ginbourd] [s.n.] K002005914 No
Howitt, R.C.L. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002005906 No
Howitt, R.C.L. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002005907 No
[illegible] [s.n.] Romania K002005923 No
de Degen, A. [s.n.] Romania K002005921 No
Barth, J.; Huter, E. [s.n.] Romania K002005919 No
Howitt, R.C.L. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002005908 No
Borza, A. [1376] Romania K002005918 No
Freyer [s.n.] K002005913 No
Gillis, W.T. [13993] K002010901 Yes
Borza, A. [s.n.] Romania K002005917 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002010902 Yes
Wierzbicki [s.n.] Romania K002005924 No
Meikle, R.D. [s.n.] Echinops commutatus K002010888 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [s.n.] Zimbabwe Echinops commutatus K002010887 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • 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

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