Echinops exaltatus | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora

Tracheophyta ›Magnoliopsida›Asteraceae›Echinops›Echinops exaltatus

Ecology

A biennial to perennial herb widely grown in gardens and found on roadsides and waste ground. It is occasionally naturalised, but is more often only casual. Lowland.

Status

Neophyte

Trends

This species, first cultivated in Britain in 1822, is less frequent in gardens than E. bannaticus and is consequently much rarer in the wild. It was first recorded in 1931 (Middlesex).

World Distribution

Native of E.C. and S. Europe.

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JNCC Designations

NHMSYS0000458273

The Vascular Plant Red Data List for Great Britain.

Atlas text references

Kent DH.
1968. Echinops. Proceedings of the Botanical Society of the British Isles. 7:243-244.
Meusel H, Jäger EJ.
1992. Vergleichende Chorologie der zentraleuropäischen Flora. Volume 3. 2 vols.