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A WIDER WORLD OF FLOWERS

The botanical directory

From familiar garden flowers to species you have yet to meet. Explore the flowering plant tree through accepted scientific names, botanical families, and synonyms.

Accepted species
347,476
Synonym names
710,971
Botanical families
430
Genera
13,895

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194 species · EchinopsShowing 169–192

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Flowering species, botanical families, photographs, and available florist guides
PhotoSpeciesFamily & genusFlower guides
No photo yetEchinops sojakiiRech.f.Accepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops sphaerocephalusL.Accepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops spinigerIljinAccepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops spinosissimusTurraAccepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops strigosusL.Accepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops subglaberSchrenkAccepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops sulaimaniiRech.f.Accepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops sylvicolaC.ShihAccepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops taeckholmianusAminAccepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops taftanicusMozaff. & Ghahr.Accepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops talassicusGolosk.Accepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops tenuisectusRech.f.Accepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops tibeticusBungeAccepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops tjanschanicusBobrovAccepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops tournefortiiLedeb.Accepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops transcaspicusBornm.Accepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops transcaucasicusIljinAccepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops transiliensisGolosk.Accepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops tricholepisSchrenkAccepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops tschimganicusB.Fedtsch.Accepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops vaginatusBoiss. & Hausskn.Accepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops villosissimusBungeAccepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops viridifoliusIljinAccepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
No photo yetEchinops wakhanicusRech.f.Accepted speciesAsteraceaeEchinops genus
Related genus guideGlobe Thistle
THE SOURCE & THE SCOPE

A living reference.
A documented starting point.

Taxonomy changes as plants are studied. This directory preserves the accepted names and synonym relationships in a specific World Flora Online release, so you can trace every entry to its source.

View the June 2026 source dataset

What is included?

All 347,476 accepted species classified under Angiosperms in this snapshot, plus 710,971 names treated as synonyms of those species. Flowering trees, grasses, and other less familiar flowering plants belong here too.

Is this every flower that has ever existed?

No complete list of every historical or undiscovered species exists. This collection excludes unresolved names, subspecies and varieties as separate records, non-flowering plants, and most cultivated forms. It is not a complete fossil or cultivar register.

Can I order these flowers?

A botanical record does not establish cut-flower availability or suitability for an arrangement. Our 480 florist guides cover commercial flowers, specialty garden cuts, and foliage, with design notes, photos, and calculator links. Calculator selection uses that florist collection; other ingredients can be entered as custom items.

Taxonomy: World Flora Online Consortium · CC0 public domain · Published June 21, 2026. Photographs and editorial florist guides have separate credits.