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Echinops spinosissimus
Echinops spinosissimus 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.
5 branches of this group, most-observed first

Spiny Globe-thistle
speciesEchinops spinosissimus

Indian Globe Thistle
speciesEchinops echinatus

Echinops bovei
speciesEchinops bovei

Echinops glaberrimus
speciesEchinops glaberrimus

Echinops fontqueri
speciesEchinops fontqueri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1194092.