Asteraceae

Echinops humilis M.Bieb.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Echinops

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Echinops humilis: Name: Echinops humilis, Family: Compositae, Image no. 1 — Photo: Kurt Stueber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Arabic: قنفذي منخفض
arz: قنفذى منخفض
Chinese: 矮蓝刺头, 矮藍刺頭, 蓝刺头, 藍刺頭, 火绒草, 禹州漏芦, 追骨风, 驴欺口
German: Niedrige Kugeldistel

Synonyms

Echinops davuricus Trevir.
Echinops davuricus var. angustilobus DC.
Echinops davuricus var. latilobus DC.
Echinops eriophorus Steven ex DC.
Echinops lanatus Steph. ex DC.

Flowers

In flower: July to August (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

Photo: Kurt Stueber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Нурхайдарова Татьяна, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Pavel Komkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Нурхайдарова Татьяна, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: evgeniq_benihanov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Надежда Костюкова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Нурхайдарова Татьяна, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Николай Гнездилов, 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.