Echinops exaltatus

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Echinops exaltatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cynareae
Genus: Echinops
Species: E. exaltatus
Binomial name
Echinops exaltatus
Schrader

Echinops exaltatus or Russian Globe Thistle is a species of globe thistle. It has escaped cultivation in eastern Canada and in Washington state, USA. It is the largest of all Globe Thistles.

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