Echinops sphaerocephalus subsp. sphaerocephalus L.

Échinope azurette occidental (fr), Échinops à tête ronde (fr), Boulette à grosse tête (fr)

Subspecies

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Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.5-0.75m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.75
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.59
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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

Usage

Uses 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°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -40
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Echinops sphaerocephalus subsp. sphaerocephalus unspecified picture

Distribution

Echinops sphaerocephalus subsp. sphaerocephalus world distribution map, present in Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Estonia, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Moldova (Republic of), North Macedonia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77179770-1
WFO ID wfo-0000079426
COL ID 5H2FF
BDTFX ID 23461
INPN ID 134013
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Echinops strigosus Echinops paniculatus Echinops multiflorus Echinops villosus Echinops sphaerocephalus f. microcephalus Echinops altaicus Echinops maximus Echinops maximus Echinops major Echinops ritro Echinops tauricus Echinops giganteus Echinops horridus Echinops sphaerocephalus subsp. sphaerocephalus