Scientific Name:	Echinops bannaticus
Pronunciation:	eh-KYE-nops ban-nah-TEE-kus
Common Name:	globe thistle
Family Name:	Asteraceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Leaves are heavily-lobed, spiney, toothy; flower is a bluish/purple 'globe'-shape.
Course(s):	HORT 2355, Level 3 Apprenticeship

Habit: Stiffly upright Form: Oval - vertical Texture: Medium - coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Europe Hardiness Rating: Zone 2: (-46 to -40 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained Water Use: Low, Summer dry Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Attract butterflies, Cut flower or foliage, Dried flower or fruit, Fall interest, Perennial border, Specimen plant, Summer interest Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Lobed, Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Prickly Surfaces: Glandular hairs, Tomentose Colour in Summer: Bluish, Green Colour in Fall: Bluish, Yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Ovate Apices: Acute Bases: Truncate Margins: Dentate, Incised, Pinnately lobed, Spinose

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Head (capitulum) Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Tubular Ovary Position: Inferior Colour (petals): Showy, Blue, Purple Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: Jul, Aug

Fruit Type: Cypsela (achene + calyx) Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Sep Additional Info: Not showy

Bark or Stem Colour:

Propagation:	Seed, Division - below ground parts
Pest Susceptibility:	Aphids or adelgids, ( Drought resistant )

Location(s): (BUG) BUG garden Location Map

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