Asteraceae
Southern globe thistle
Echinops ritro
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Echinops
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- قنفذي أزرق
- Armenian
- Ոզնագլխիկ սովորական
- arz
- قنفذى ازرق
- Azerbaijani
- Adi toppuztikan
- Bulgarian
- Бодлив челядник
- Catalan
- Cardet de sang
- Chinese
- 硬叶蓝刺头, 硬葉藍刺頭, 新疆蓝刺头, 禹州漏芦
- Czech
- Bělotrn modrý
- Danish
- Glatbladet Tidselkugle, Glat Tidselkugle
- English
- Southern globe thistle, Southern globethistle
- Estonian
- Sinine mesiohakas
- French
- Azurite, Oursin bleu
- German
- Ruthenische Kugeldistel
- Italian
- Cardo-pallottola coccodrillo
- Japanese
- ルリタマアザミ
- Malayalam
- എക്കിനോപ്സ് റിട്രോ
- os
- Пакасæрсындз
- Persian
- شکرتیغال جنوبی
- Russian
- Мордовник обыкновенный
- Serbian
- Плави чичак
- Slovak
- Ježibaba belasá
- Slovenian
- Navadni bodoglavec
- Spanish
- Cabeza de erizo, Cardo abadejo, Cocodrilo de Montpellier
Synonyms
- Echinops ritro var. ritro
- Echinops ritro var. tenuifolius DC.
- Echinops tauricus Willd. ex Ledeb.
- Echinops tenuifolius Fisch. ex Schkuhr
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 473 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Julien Tchilinguirian, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hagen de Merak, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: petitcrabe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: T137, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aubin NORMAND, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA ., CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.