Echinops
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Echinops is a genus of about 120 species of thistle
Thistle
Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles often occur all over the plant – on surfaces such as those of the stem and flat parts of leaves. These are an adaptation that protects the...

s in the daisy family Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...

, commonly known as globe thistles. They are native to Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 east to central Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

 and south to the mountain
Mountain
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...

s of tropical Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

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Species include:
  • Echinops adenocaulos
    Echinops adenocaulos
    Echinops adenocaulos is a species of plant of the family Asteraceae....

  • Echinops bannaticus
  • Echinops chantavicus
  • Echinops exaltatus
    Echinops exaltatus
    Echinops exaltatus or Russian Globe Thistle is a species of globe thistle. It has escaped cultivation in eastern Canada and in Washington state, USA. It is the largest of all Globe Thistles....

  • Echinops giganteus
  • Echinops gmelinii
  • Echinops graecus
  • Echinops humilis
  • Echinops latifolius
  • Echinops nivens
  • Echinops niveus
    Echinops niveus
    Echinops niveus is a species in the genus Echinops or globe thistles. It is native to the Indian subcontinent: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Nepal.Nivetin is a neoflavonoid isolated from E. niveus....

  • Echinops orientalis
  • Echinops ritro
    Echinops ritro
    Echinops ritro is a species of globe thistle. It is native to Europe and western Asia....

  • Echinops ruthenicus
  • Echinops sphaerocephalus
    Echinops sphaerocephalus
    Echinops sphaerocephalus, known by the common name Great globe thistle or Pale globe-thistle, is a species of globe thistle belonging to the family Asteraceae.-Etymology:...

  • Echinops spinosissimus
  • Echinops setifer Iljin
  • Echinops tournefortii
  • Echinops tschimganicus
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