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Common Name: Globe Thistle Latin Name: Echinops ritro Size: 3 (min) to 5 (max)

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Globe Thistle
Echinops ritro
Maximum Height: 5 feet

Category: Perennial
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Echinops
species: ritro
Origin:
Size: 3 (min) to 5 (max)
Size Description:
Notes:
Characteristics:

Dry Soil Tolerant

Availability:	Some Availability
Deer Resistance:	Good Resistance	See plants that are deer resistant.
Full Sun Tolerance:	Performs Well	See other plants that like full sun.

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Plant Images and Specimens

Location: OSU
Photo Credit: Patrick Kelsch

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Flowers
Location: OSU
Photo Credit: Patrick Kelsch

Location: Fletcher Moss Botanic Garden Fletcher Moss Manchester UK [Latitude: 53.410377666666700 Longitude: -2.232260750000000] Specimen: 3448

Flower of Echinops ritro, Globe Thistle
Location: Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden, Manchester, United Kingdom
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: August 2013
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Flower of Echinops ritro, Globe Thistle
Location: Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden, Manchester, United Kingdom
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: August 2013

Location: Birmingham (UK) Botanic Gardens Westbourne Road Birmingham B15 3TR [Latitude: 52.466679208882400 Longitude: -1.930922240177560] Specimen: 3571

Echinops in bloom
Location: Birmingham Botanic Gardens, West Midlands, UK
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: August 2013

Location: Central London Hyde Park and Regents Park London, United Kingdom [Latitude: 51.527828916666700 Longitude: -0.152928383333333] Specimen: 3592

Location: Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France 57 Rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France [Latitude: 48.842357683333300 Longitude: 2.357908066666670] Specimen: 4291

Location: Stratford upon Avon [Latitude: 52.115928410000000 Longitude: -1.797272400000000] Specimen: 8634

Location: Prauge Botanic Garden - Botanicka Zahrada Praha [Latitude: 50.119026700000000 Longitude: 14.413952230000000] Specimen: 8660

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Location: Prauge Botanic Garden - Botanicka Zahrada Praha

Location: Halifax Public Gardens, Nova Scotia, Canada Halifax Public Gardens Halifax Nova Scotia [Latitude: 44.643918500000000 Longitude: -63.581070100000000] Specimen: 12008

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August 2019
Location: Halifax Public Gardens, Nova Scotia, Canada Halifax Public Gardens

Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia [Latitude: 46.141387600000000 Longitude: -60.198012800000000] Specimen: 12068

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August 2019
Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia

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