Echinops bannaticus Rochel ex Schrad.

Boule azurée (fr), Échinope du Banat (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Echinops

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.5-1.2m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.3 - 0.75
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-7

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -40
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Echinops bannaticus leaf picture by Jean-Paul Débarre (cc-by-sa)
Echinops bannaticus leaf picture by David Hocken (cc-by-sa)
Echinops bannaticus leaf picture by michel cosme (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Echinops bannaticus flower picture by Oliver Klein (cc-by-sa)
Echinops bannaticus flower picture by Marie Aubert (cc-by-sa)
Echinops bannaticus flower picture by Jacques Rocquet (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Echinops bannaticus world distribution map, present in Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Germany, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Romania, and Serbia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:202414-1
WFO ID wfo-0000129079
COL ID 6DV7B
BDTFX ID 82774
INPN ID 611195
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Echinops quercifolius Echinops ruthenicus Echinops bannaticus subsp. bannaticus Echinops rochelianus var. rochelianus Echinops bannaticus