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Echinops sphaerocephalus L.

glandular globe-thistle (Asteraceae / Compositae)

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RestrictedModerate tendencySE
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Echinops sphaerocephalus is an occasional garden escape in Great Britain; it has greyish corollas and glandular hairs on the phyllaries.

Bisamberg, Austria; 2005-07-17

 glandular globe-thistle / Echinops sphaerocephalus: _Echinops sphaerocephalus_ is an occasional garden escape in Great Britain; it has greyish corollas and glandular hairs on the phyllaries.

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