Ontario Weeds: Globe thistle
Table of Contents
- Name
- Other Names
- Family
- General Description
- Stems and Leaves
- Flowers and Fruit
- Habitat
- Related Links
Name: Globe thistle, Echinops sphaerocephalus
L.,
Other Names: ECPSP, boulette commune,
échinope à tête raide
Family: Composite or Aster Family (Compositae)
General Description: Perennial without
creeping roots.
Photos and Pictures
Stems & Leaves: Produces 1 to several
tall leafy stems resembling
Bull
thistle, but its leaves are brighter green on the upper surface
and whitish below, less spiny on the margins and harshly hairy but
without prickles on the upper surface; with glandular (sticky) hair
on leaves and upper stems.
Flowers & Fruit: Flower heads are
globe-shaped or spherical with white to light blue to purplish-blue
florets.
Habitat: Introduced for cultivation as
ornamentals but have frequently escaped to roadsides, fence lines
and waste places.
Related Links
... on general Weed
topics
... on weed identification, order OMAFRA
Publication 505: Ontario Weeds
... on weed control, order OMAFRA
Publication 75: Guide To Weed Control
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