Asteraceae
Tall globethistle
Echinops exaltatus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Echinops
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- قنفذي مرتفع
- arz
- قنفذى مرتفع
- Czech
- Bělotrn statný
- Dutch
- Stekelige kogeldistel
- English
- Tall globethistle
- Estonian
- Kõrge mesiohakas
- Finnish
- Balkaninpallo-ohdake
- German
- Drüsenlose Kugeldistel
- Italian
- Cardo-pallottola semplice
- Malayalam
- ഉത്കണ്ടകം
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Balkankuletistel
- Slovak
- Ježibaba pozmenená
- Slovenian
- Spremenljivi bodoglavec
- Swedish
- Grå bolltistel, Balkanbolltistel
- Welsh
- Ysgallen bengron
Synonyms
- Echinops commutatus Juratzka
- Echinops commutatus f. commutatus
- Echinops commutatus f. sectatus A.T.Szabó
- Echinops eglandulosus Schur
- Echinops globifer Janka
- Echinops mollis Schur
- Echinops strictus Fisch. ex Sims.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 12 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Stephan Mende, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: suntooth, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Brenda Black, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: McIntosh Natura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andreas Rockstein, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Andreas Rockstein, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: ferrarifff, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.