Spiny Globe-thistle

Echinops spinosissimus, the spiny globe thistle, is a European species of plant in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to southeastern Europe (Sicily, Apulia, Greece, Albania, and the western Balkans), northern Africa, and southwest Asia as far east as Iran.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Spiny Globe-thistle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Echinops bovei
• Echinops polyceras
• Echinops erinaceus
• Echinops adenocaulos
• Echinops echinatus
• Echinops strigosus

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Echinops

Species

Echinops spinosissimus

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