Echinops spinosissimus
A species in the Asteraceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Echinops
- Species
- Echinops spinosissimus
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1765
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Echinops spinosissimus. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
21 synonyms in this snapshot
- Echinops creticusName author: Boiss. & Heldr.
- Echinops echinophorusName author: Boiss.
- Echinops glandulosusName author: E.Weiss
- Echinops spinosusName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Echinops spinosus subsp. spinosusName author: Not supplied
- Echinops spinosus var. chaetocephalusName author: (Pomel) Batt.
- Echinops spinosus var. fallaxName author: Faure & Maire
- Echinops spinosus var. glabrescensName author: Emb. & Maire
- Echinops spinosus var. jalluiName author: (Maire) Maire
- Echinops spinosus var. laevicaulisName author: Maire
- Echinops spinosus var. longisetusName author: (Maire) Maire
- Echinops spinosus var. macrochaetusName author: (Boiss.) Maire
- Echinops spinosus var. maurusName author: (Maire) Maire
- Echinops spinosus var. mekinensisName author: (Emb. & Maire) Maire
- Echinops spinosus var. oligadenusName author: Maire
- Echinops spinosus var. pallensName author: (Maire) Maire
- Echinops spinosus var. spinosusName author: Not supplied
- Echinops spinosus var. tenuisectusName author: Maire
- Echinops spinosus var. tmaraeName author: Sauvage
- Echinops tunetanusName author: Vahl ex Vitman
- Echinops viscosusName author: DC.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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