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|accepted_name=Echinops sphaerocephalus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 814. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Great globe-thistle;boulette commune
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cardueae;Echinops;Echinops sphaerocephalus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cardueae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Echinops]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Echinops sphaerocephalus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 86
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>100–200 cm. <b>Stems</b> simple to much branched, ± glandular, ± tomentose. <b>Leaves</b>: basal and proximal cauline leaves shortly winged-petiolate, distal cauline sessile, clasping; blades oblong-elliptic to narrowly obovate, margins ± subentire or 1–2-pinnately lobed, lobes lanceolate to triangular, margins revolute, spiny-dentate, spine-tipped, spines slender, 2–4 mm; abaxial faces densely gray- or white-tomentose, adaxial faces green, glandular-scabrous. <b>Secondary</b> heads 3–6 cm diam. <b>Involucres</b> 15–25 mm. <b>Outer</b> phyllaries ± glandular, inner phyllary apices attenuate, expanded, fringed. <b>Corollas</b> white to pale blue, 12–14 mm, tube ca. 5.5 mm, lobes ca. 7 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 7–10 mm; pappi of ± connate, ciliate scales 1–1.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 30, 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer (Jun–Aug).
|habitat=Disturbed sites
|elevation=0–1700 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;N.H.;N.Y.;Pa.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Eurasia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Echinops sphaerocephalus</i> is sometimes cultivated, and sometimes it escapes from cultivation. The species has been reported from Saskatchewan and may be introduced there; that appears questionable.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Echinops sphaerocephalus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering summer (Jun–Aug).
|habitat=Disturbed sites
|elevation=0–1700 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;N.H.;N.Y.;Pa.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Eurasia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V19_30.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cardueae
|genus=Echinops
|species=Echinops sphaerocephalus
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