Gen. Echinops (Asteraceae) / Plants of Italy

Nome scientifico / Scientific name	Ricerca su Google	Distribuzione geografica	Nome comune / Common name	Forma biol.	Periodo di fioritura	Tipo corologico	Altitudine
Echinops exaltatus Schrad. = Echinops bannaticus Auct. non Rochel = Echinops commutatus Juratzka			Cardo-pallottola semplice Globe Thistle Tall Globethistle	H scap	VII-VIII	SE-Europ.	0-800 m.
Echinops ritro L.			Cardo-pallottola coccodrillo Southern Globe Thistle	H scap	VII-IX	Steno-Medit.	0-1500 m.
Echinops ritro L. ssp. ritro = Echinops elegans Bertol.			Cardo-pallottola coccodrillo	H scap	VII-IX	Steno-Medit.	0-1500 m.
Echinops ritro L. ssp. ruthenicus (Bieb.) Nyman			Cardo-pallottola coccodrillo	H scap	VII-IX	Steno-Medit.	0-1500 m.
Echinops ritro subsp. siculus (Strobl) Greuter = Echinops siculus Strobl			Cardo pallottola meridionale	H scap	VI-VIII	Endem.	0-1500 m.
Echinops siculus Strobl Vedi / See: Echinops ritro subsp. siculus (Strobl) Greuter			Cardo pallottola meridionale	H scap	VI-VIII	Endem.	0-1500 m.
Echinops sphaerocephalus L.			Cardo-pallottola maggiore Great Globethistle	H scap	VII-VIII	Paleotemp.	0-100 m.
Echinops sphaerocephalus L. ssp. albidus (Boiss. et Spruner) Kozu.			Cardo-pallottola maggiore	H scap	VII-VIII	Paleotemp.	0-100 m.
Echinops sphaerocephalus L. ssp. sphaerocephalus			Cardo-pallottola maggiore	H scap	VII-VIII	Paleotemp.	0-100 m.
Echinops spinosissimus Turra = Echinops viscosus DC.			Cardo-pallottola vischioso	H scap	VI-VII	W-Medit.-Mont.	0-400 m.
Echinops spinosus L. Vedi / See: Echinops spinosissimus Turra			Cardo-pallottola spinoso	H scap	V-VII	Saharo-Sind.	0-100 m.

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Echinops bannaticus
Credit: Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain
Echinops bannaticus
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Echinops humilis
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Echinops humilis
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Echinops ritro
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella
Echinops ritro
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella

Echinops ritro
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella
Echinops ritro
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi
Echinops ritro
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi

Echinops ritro
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi
Echinops ritro
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi
Echinops sphaerocephalus
Credit: Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain

Echinops sphaerocephalus
Credit: Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain
Echinops sphaerocephalus
Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (1885) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

L.R. 2009