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Echinops

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Echinops is a genus of about 130 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are distributed from central Asia, Mongolia and north-eastern China to the Mediterranean basin, temperate regions of Eurasia, reaching to Indian subcontinent and tropical Africa. Globe thistles are a common host plant for weevils of the genus Larinus.

Echinops sphaerocephalus

species of plant

species of plant

Echinops exaltatus

species of plant

Echinops bannaticus

species of plant

Echinops spinosissimus

species of plant

Echinops setifer

species of plant

Echinops polyceras

species of plant

Echinops echinatus

species of plant

Echinops giganteus

species of plant

Echinops niveus

species of plant

Echinops adenocaulos

species of plant

Echinops ritro ruthenicus

subspecies of plant

Echinops chantavicus

species of plant