Echinops ritro
Azarite
Globe Thistle
Additional information
| Plant family | |
|---|---|
| Area | Provence Verte |
| Flower colour | blue |
| Flower size | 35-50 mm |
| Flowering months | July, August, September |
| Leaf type | Pinnatisect |
| Height | 60 cm |
Description
A striking, prickly, low-growing plant with its round, steel-blue flower-heads in summer. Bristly silvery bracts, longer than the actual flower, surround the flowerhead.
Dry, grassy and waste areas.
Flowers
The tubular flowers turn from silvery to steel-blue.
Leaves
Pinnatisect leaf is deeply lobed, almost to the central midrib. Deeply lobed, lobes almost to central midrib, elliptical in shape, tips of lobes with spines, recurved margins.
Fruits Seeds
Achene: a cluster of 1-seeded fruit with prickly hairs.
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