Echinops exaltatus Schrad.

Tall globethistle (en), Oursin de Hongrie (fr), Échinops de Hongrie (fr), Échinops élevé (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Echinops

Characteristics

Plants 40–150 cm. Stems simple or more commonly much branched, white tomentose, especially distally. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline leaves winged-petiolate, mid and distal cauline clasping; blades ovate to elliptic or obovate, margins 1–2-pinnately lobed, lobes lanceolate to triangular, spiny-dentate, spine-tipped, spines slender, 2–3 mm; abaxial faces white-tomentose, adaxial green, glabrous to sparsely strigose. Secondary heads 3.5–6 cm diam. Involucres 20–30 mm. Phyllaries eglandular, ciliate, apices slender, slightly recurved. Corollas white to pale blue, 8–15 mm, tubes 2–6 mm, lobes 5–6 mm. Cypselae 7–8 mm; pappi of ± connate, ciliate scales ± 1 mm. 2n = 30.
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Is also casual with us. It is much like E. sphaerocephalus, but lacks the glandular hairs, and the invol bracts are glabrous on the back.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.75 - 1.25
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.59
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 5-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-7

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Udorific (unspecified)
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°) 19 - 22
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -40
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Echinops exaltatus habit picture by Kai Best (cc-by-sa)
Echinops exaltatus habit picture by Pierre Sosson (cc-by-sa)
Echinops exaltatus habit picture by Jean-Marie Frenoux (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Echinops exaltatus leaf picture by M. J. (cc-by-sa)
Echinops exaltatus leaf picture by morley jake (cc-by-sa)
Echinops exaltatus leaf picture by Pierre Sosson (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Echinops exaltatus flower picture by M. J. (cc-by-sa)
Echinops exaltatus flower picture by morley jake (cc-by-sa)
Echinops exaltatus flower picture by Kai Best (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Echinops exaltatus world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Croatia, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:202484-1
WFO ID wfo-0000091342
COL ID 6DV77
BDTFX ID 23447
INPN ID 95700
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Echinops eglandulosus Echinops globifer Echinops exaltatus Echinops strictus Echinops commutatus f. sectatus Echinops ritro Echinops mollis Echinops commutatus f. commutatus Echinops commutatus Echinops exaltatus