Asteraceae
Hedgehog thistle
Cirsium echinus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cirsium
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Common names
By language (5)
- Czech
- Pcháč ježinatý
- English
- Hedgehog thistle
- Persian
- کنگر سفید
- Russian
- Бодяк ежовый, Бодяк ежевидный, Бодяк игольчатый
- Turkish
- Kirpi kangalı
Synonyms
- Carlina echinus M.Bieb.
- Cirsium scleranthum M.Bieb.
- Echenais nutans Cass.
- Echenais sclerantha K.Koch
Photos
Photo: Fagus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jonathan Hughes, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Felix Puff, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Борис Георги, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.