Echinops spinosissimus Turra

Échinope (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Echinops

Characteristics

Florets white and involucral bracts green in spherical spiny heads up to 4 in. across
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An erect branched herb up to 5 ft. high
Stems tomentose, glabrescent
Pinnatifid spiny leaves
A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Fields and rocky places. Steppe and stony slopes. Coastal calcareous dunes, on sandy wadi beds, and on gravelly to rocky surfaces where the plant shows an ecological optimum.
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A weed of waste ground in dry open country.
It is a Mediterranean climate plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-8

Usage

The young stems are eaten raw, boiled or fried. They are often cooked with meat. The roots and heads are also edible.
Uses animal food fuel medicinal
Edible flowers leaves roots stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

Habit

Echinops spinosissimus habit picture by Thymus Marrovius (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Echinops spinosissimus leaf picture by Mehmet Akif Kalav (cc-by-sa)
Echinops spinosissimus leaf picture by Mehmet Akif Kalav (cc-by-sa)
Echinops spinosissimus leaf picture by Tolga COSKUN (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Echinops spinosissimus flower picture by smart74 (cc-by-sa)
Echinops spinosissimus flower picture by Thymus Marrovius (cc-by-sa)
Echinops spinosissimus flower picture by Déborah Kneubuhler (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Echinops spinosissimus fruit picture by Paer Hagman (cc-by-sa)
Echinops spinosissimus fruit picture by Θοδωρής (cc-by-sa)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:202681-1
WFO ID wfo-0000116034
COL ID 38K8V
BDTFX ID 84629
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Echinops spinosus var. spinosus Echinops spinosus subsp. spinosus Echinops spinosus var. tenuisectus Echinops spinosus var. fallax Echinops spinosus var. jallui Echinops spinosus var. maurus Echinops spinosus var. laevicaulis Echinops spinosus var. tmarae Echinops spinosus var. oligadenus Echinops spinosus var. chaetocephalus Echinops spinosus var. macrochaetus Echinops spinosus var. pallens Echinops spinosus var. mekinensis Echinops spinosus var. longisetus Echinops spinosus var. glabrescens Echinops spinosissimus

Lower taxons

Echinops spinosissimus subsp. bithynicus Echinops spinosissimus subsp. macrolepis Echinops spinosissimus subsp. spinosissimus Echinops spinosissimus subsp. neumayeri Echinops spinosissimus subsp. spinosus