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Blue Globe-thistle
Echinops bannaticus
Echinops bannaticus, known as blue globe-thistle, is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, native to southeastern Europe. It is an herbaceous perennial thistle, growing to 120 cm (47 in), with prickly foliage and spherical blue flower heads in summer.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 336266.