A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
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Last updated 8/10/2020 by David Giblin.
Echinops sphaerocephalus L.[FNA19, HC2]
great globe thistle
[This taxon is excluded from Washington]
Publication: Sp. Pl. 2: 814. 1753.
Origin: Introduced
selected vouchers: WS
Notes: FNA19: "Echinops sphaerocephalus is sometimes cultivated, and sometimes it escapes from cultivation."
This species is known in Washington from two specimens, one of which appears to be from a cultivated site. Additional specimens documenting the occurrence of this species in the flora are needed to consider it established.
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