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They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are distributed from central Asia, Mongolia and north-eastern China to the Mediterranean basin, temperate regions of Eurasia, reaching to Indian subcontinent and tropical Africa. [2] [3] Globe thistle is the host plant of weevils Larinus vulpes and Larinus onopordi. [4]
Echinops bannaticus, known as the blue globe-thistle, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to southeastern Europe. It is an herbaceous perennial thistle , growing to 120 cm (47 in), with prickly foliage and spherical blue flower heads in summer.
Cicerbita is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Asia and Europe. [1] [2] They are known commonly as blue sow thistles. [3] The word Cicerbita is from the Italian, meaning "chickory-like", a comparison to Cichorium, the chicory genus. [4]
Cicerbita alpina, commonly known as the alpine sow-thistle or alpine blue-sow-thistle [4] is a perennial herbaceous species of plant sometimes placed in the genus Cicerbita of the family Asteraceae, and sometimes placed in the genus Lactuca as Lactuca alpina. [5] It is native to upland and mountainous parts of Europe.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Species name Synonym or subspecies Common name ... Blue Thistle: Xewk ikhal [244] Carthamus lanatus:
Cicerbita macrophylla (synonym Lactuca macrophylla), [1] commonly known as common blue-sow-thistle, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Gallery [ edit ]
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Eryngium planum, the blue eryngo [1] or flat sea holly, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the area that includes central and southeastern Europe and central Asia. It is an herbaceous perennial thistle growing to 50 cm (20 in) with branched silvery-blue stems, and numerous small blue conical flowerheads surrounded ...