Species: Echinops strigosus

Family: Asteraceae  
Genus:  Echinops
Species description: Stems 20-70 cm, simple or branched, glabrous or arachnoid-tomrntose .Leaves elliptical in outline, , deeply pinnatisect, with dense , patent hairs above, White-tomentose beneath; segments linear.Inflorescense 2-7 cm in diameter, bluish. Involucre 20-25 mm; setea as long as the outer bracts; bracts 28-36, lanceolate, long-acumate, lomg fimbriate, otherwise glabrous, the innermost with bluish apexCorolla blue.Papus-setae free.

Field Notes:

Habitat:

Distribution: C. & S. Spain, C. & S. Portugal. Hs Lu

Found: S.Spain : ± Pto de los Alazores

Date: 30-May-93

Flora Europea:4-213

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Notes: (Compositea); needed: sharper close up

Pictures: A.Voswinkel, The Netherlands

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