Echinops polyceras
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Echinops |
| Species: | E. polyceras |
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Echinops polyceras is a Eurasian species of globe-thistle belonging to the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.[1]
Echinops polyceras is a hemicryptophyte, its spinescence represented by bracts and leaves. It is non-succulent, and perennial. The leaves are alternately placed, one leaf per node, and rosette. The leaves are dissected, pinnate or bipinnate. Stipule is absent.
Atop each stem is an almost perfectly spherical inflorescence up to 8 cm in diameter, often having radial, long, thorny projections. The florescence comprises dark blue florets. It flowers from March to June. It produces fruits from April to July, and disperses seeds from July to November.
Range
Its range could be described as Irano-Turanian.
Habitat
Its habitat is batha (garrigue, phrygana), desert slopes, hard rock outcrops, and shrub-steppes.
