Echinops latifolius Tausch

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Echinops

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.59
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grassland and open forests; at elevations from 100-2,200 metres. Steppe and stony slopes.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 2-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-7

Usage

Uses medicinal oil
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Abscess (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Hemostat (unspecified), Mastitis (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Contusion (unspecified), Medicine (unspecified), 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°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Echinops latifolius unspecified picture

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:202564-1
WFO ID wfo-0000128022
COL ID 38K52
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Echinops latifolius f. angustilobus Echinops latifolius Echinops pratensis Echinops manshuricus Echinops ritro Echinops ritro Sphaerocephalus dahuricus Echinops latifolius f. latifolius Echinops ruthenicus Echinops dahuricus Echinops gmelini Echinops sphaerocephalus Echinops latifolius var. latifolius Echinops dahuricus var. dahuricus Echinops dahuricus var. angustilobus Echinops dahuricus var. latilobus Echinops latifolius var. manshuricus Echinops dahuricus