View source for Echinops ← Echinops You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Echinops |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=2: 814. 1753 |year=1753 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 356. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Globe thistle |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cardueae;Echinops |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cardueae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Echinops]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek echinos, hedgehog, spiny, and ops, face, appearance, alluding to spiny heads |volume=Volume 19 |mention_page=page 12, 28, 64, 82, 83 |treatment_page=page 85 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration;herbage pubescence;herbage architecture or shape"><b>Perennials,</b> 100–200 cm, herbage usually ± tomentose, spiny.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>usually erect, simple or branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>basal and cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position;leaf architecture;leaf architecture">sessile or petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade margin shape;blade margin shape;lobe architecture or shape;tooth architecture or shape;face pubescence;face architecture or function or pubescence">blade margins dentate to pinnately 1–3-pinnately lobed or divided, lobes and teeth spiny, faces ± tomentose, sometimes glandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="head architecture or shape;head quantity;head architecture;floret quantity;secondary head architecture;secondary head shape"><b>Heads </b>discoid, many, each with 1 floret, sessile, in pedunculate, spheric secondary heads.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="bract orientation;bract shape"><b>Secondary </b>involucres of reflexed, laciniate-pinnatifid bracts.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="primary involucre shape"><b>Primary </b>involucres ellipsoid, subtended by bristles.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="phyllary quantity;phyllary size;phyllary shape;phyllary architecture or shape;series quantity;apex size;apex shape;apex architecture or shape"><b>Phyllaries </b>many in several series, unequal, lanceolate (outer) to linear (inner), entire, apices sometimes expanded and fringed, not spine-tipped.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="receptacle shape;scale shape;scale shape"><b>Receptacles </b>turbinate, bearing elongate subulate scales.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="floret quantity"><b>Florets </b>1 per primary head;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;tube shape;throat height or length or size;lobe arrangement or course or shape">corollas white to greenish, blue-gray, blue, or purple, tubes elongate, throats very short, lobes linear;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="anther base shape;apical appendage shape;apical appendage shape">anther bases sharply tailed, apical appendages narrowly triangular, acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="portion fusion;ring pubescence;portion fusion;portion arrangement;portion shape">style-branches: fused portions with minutely hairy rings, distinct portions divergent, linear-oblong.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="cypsela shape;cypsela shape;apex architecture or shape;apex pubescence;hair length or size;hair fragility;hair orientation;hair orientation;hair architecture;attachment scar position"><b>Cypselae </b>± cylindric, 4-angled, apices ± truncate, without crowns, densely villous with long, stiff, appressed or ascending, multicellular hairs, attachment scars basal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="scale quantity;scale height or length or size;scale fusion">pappi of many, short, ± connate [or distinct] scales.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 13, 14, 15, 16.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Eurasia;Africa |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species ca. 120 (3 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Lobes of leaf blades linear or narrowly oblong |[[Echinops ritro|Echinops ritro]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Lobes of leaf blades lanceolate to triangular |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Adaxial leaf faces glandular |[[Echinops sphaerocephalus|Echinops sphaerocephalus]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Adaxial leaf faces glabrous or sparsely strigose |[[Echinops exaltatus|Echinops exaltatus]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Echinops |author=David J. Keil |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Asteraceae |distribution=Eurasia;Africa |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V19-20-21/V19_29.xml |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cardueae |genus=Echinops |anther base shape=tailed |apex architecture or shape=truncate;not spine-tipped |apex pubescence=villous |apex shape=fringed |apex size=expanded |apical appendage shape=acute;triangular |attachment scar position=basal |blade margin shape=divided;dentate;pinnately 1-3-pinnately lobed |bract orientation=reflexed |bract shape=laciniate-pinnatifid |corolla coloration=white;greenish blue-gray blue or purple |cypsela shape=4-angled;cylindric |face architecture or function or pubescence=glandular |face pubescence=tomentose |floret quantity=1;1 |hair architecture=multicellular |hair fragility=stiff |hair length or size=long |hair orientation=ascending;appressed |head architecture=sessile |head architecture or shape=discoid |head quantity=many |herbage architecture or shape=spiny |herbage pubescence=tomentose |leaf architecture=petiolate;sessile |leaf position=cauline;basal |lobe architecture or shape=spiny |lobe arrangement or course or shape=linear |phyllary architecture or shape=entire |phyllary quantity=many |phyllary shape=lanceolate;linear |phyllary size=unequal |portion arrangement=divergent |portion fusion=distinct;fused |portion shape=linear-oblong |primary involucre shape=ellipsoid |receptacle shape=turbinate |ring pubescence=hairy |scale fusion=connate |scale height or length or size=short |scale quantity=many |scale shape=subulate;elongate |secondary head architecture=pedunculate |secondary head shape=spheric |series quantity=several |stem architecture=branched;simple |stem orientation=erect |throat height or length or size=short |tooth architecture or shape=spiny |tube shape=elongate |whole-organism duration=perennial |whole-organism some measurement=100cm;200cm |x chromosome quantity=16;15;14;13 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Asteraceae tribe Cardueae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Asteraceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Echinops.