| Scientific Name: | Echinops bannaticus |
| Common Name: | globe thistle |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Attract butterflies, Cut flower or foliage, Dried flower or fruit, Fall interest, Perennial border, Specimen plant, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Dissected, Alternate, Prickly, Pubescent, Tomentose, Glandular hairs, Elliptic, Ovate, Dentate, Incised, Pinnately lobed, Spinose |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), Blue, Purple, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Cypsela (achene + calyx), Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, ovate-elliptic, most 15-3(-40)cm long x 12-20(-30)cm wide, pinnately lobed, dentate with spiny tips, undersides whitish, tomentose; flower heads round, 3-5cm wide, disk florets only, bluish/purple, Jul-Aug. | |