Echinops

Nær Hornsjön, Öland, Sverige

Aptera, E of Chania, Greece

Aptera, E of Chania, Greece

Echinops glaberrimus is a spiny desert perennial.

Fruit

Echinops philistaeus is an endemic plant of the sandy coastal sands in Israel.

Fruit

Echinops philistaeus is an endemic plant of the sandy coastal sands in Israel.

Echinops polyceras is very common throughout the desert of southern Israel. The genus Echinops is a difficult one - because most species hybridyze and there is a genetic mish mash along their meeting points.

Echinops sphaerocephalus is quite common in the arid parts of Georgia.

Echinops transcaucasicus is n impressive thistle with a robust white stem. It grows the arid parts of the Caucasus.

In fruit

Growing beside wheat field