Echinops ritro
| Echinops ritro | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | eoin |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Cynareae |
| Genus: | Echinops |
| Species: | E. ritro |
| Binomial name | |
| Echinops ritro L. | |
Various butterflies and day-flying moths (Zygaena filipendulae) on a flower of Echinops ritro subsp. ruthenicus, in the Juliana Alpine Botanical Garden, Trenta, Bovec, Slovenia
Echinops ritro (southern globethistle) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to southern central and southeastern Europe, and western Asia. It is a compact, bushy herbaceous perennial thistle, growing to 60 cm (24 in) tall, with broad prickly leaves and bearing globes of steel-blue flowers 2.5 cm - 4.5 cm in diameter, in late summer.[1]
This plant[2] and the subspecies E. ritro subsp. ruthenicus[3] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
References
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Echinops ritro". Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Echinops ritro subsp. ruthenicus". Retrieved 17 July 2013.