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Echinops bannaticus
شکرتیغال · Blue Globe-thistle · Banat Echinops · Blue Echinops · Garden Globe-thistle
Tier 2 Difficulty: medium Water: low Light: full_sun
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Soil pH
6–7
Hardiness
Zone 3–8
Click count
280
Observations
1,080
Description
Source: leafsnapEchinops bannaticus, known as the blue globe-thistle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to southeastern Europe. It is an herbaceous perennial thistle, growing to 120 cm (47 in), with prickly foliage and spherical blue flower heads in summer.The Latin specific epithet bannaticus refers to the Banat, a region in Central Europe (now split between Romania, Hungary, and Serbia) where the plant is found.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 0–32.2°C
Ideal temperature: 0–32.2°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 6-7
Soil pH: 6-7
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Echinops
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 3-8
- Mature Height
- 1.83 m
- Mature Spread
- 61 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green, Gray, Silver
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Blue
- Flower Size
- 2.54 cm to 5.08 cm
- Bloom Time
- Early summer, Mid summer
- Planting Time
- Spring
- Harvest Time
- Mid summer
- Native Area
- Romania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Croatia, Serbia
Tags (7)
Common Names (6)
ar شکرتیغال
en Blue Globe-thistle
en Banat Echinops
en Blue Echinops
en Garden Globe-thistle
en Globe-thistle