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Tall Globe-thistle
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Tall Globe-thistle

Echinops exaltatus

Echinops exaltatus, the Russian globe thistle or tall globethistle, is European species of globe thistle in the sunflower family. It is native to central and eastern Europe from Germany and Italy east into Russia. The species has escaped cultivation and become established in the wild in scattered locations in eastern Canada and the northern United States.

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