Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

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Details of genus: Echinops L. [111]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Globe thistle

# spp.: 218

pub_year: 1753

accepted: Accepted

Family: Asteraceae

family_ja: キク

Infra familial classification:

Citation:
data_sourceKind of informationNote
Kew Gardens (2017) Plants of the world online (POWO). Accessed on 20 Aug 2023Scientific name & others Show this data_source

distribution_en: Old temp. to trop.

description_en: Genus of about 120 species of perennials, biennials, and annuals found in hot, gravelly slopes and dry grassland from C. and S. Europe to C. Asia, India, and the mountains of tropical Africa. Globe thistles have simple, entire or pinnatifid to pinnatisect, spiny foliage, usually greyish white and woolly. They bear spherical, white, grey, or blue, terminal flowerheads with bristly bracts. Undemanding plants, they are suitable for a large border or wild garden. They are also good for cutting and drying.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost hardy.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed in a seedbed in mid-spring. Divide perennials from autumn to spring, or insert root cuttings in winter.

pests_en: Susceptible to infestation by aphids.

description_ja:

The essential 1000 genera certification Genus Echinops (エキノプス)

2019 edition

C Level
Family キク
ヒゴタイ属:ルリタマアザミ

2003 edition

B Level
Family キク
草本I・一年草/二年草/多年草
ヒゴタイ,ルリタマアザミ

comment:

comment_ja: ヒゴタイ,ルリタマアザミ

type_species:

Phylogenetic definition:

Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2023-08-20 22:34 by hkokubun@mac.com

family:

SystemAccepted?Scientific nameJapanese nameInfra-familial classification# species
PB2 Asteraceae キク科 Show
PB3 Asteraceae キク科 Show
APG4 Asteraceae キク科 218 Show

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