Echinops spinosissimus subsp. bithynicus
(Boiss.) Greuter
GBIF
msarcletti
msarcletti
What to Eat
Edible parts: Flower receptacle
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
How to Identify
A temperate herbaceous plant in the Asteraceae family with edible flower receptacles.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Echinops spinosissimus, the spiny globe thistle, is a European species of plant in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to southeastern Europe (Sicily, Apulia, Greece, Albania, and the western Balkans), northern Africa, and southwest Asia as far east as Iran. Echinops spinosissimus is a branching perennial herb up to 80 cm (2 feet) tall. Leaves are divided into narrow triangular lobes, each with a slender but hard spine at the tip. The plant produces nearly spherical flower heads containing many white or pale lavender disc florets but no ray florets. Subspecies Echinops spinosissimus subsp. bithynicus (Boiss.) Greuter Echinops spinosissimus subsp. bovei (Boiss.) Greuter Echinops spinosissimus subsp. fontqueri (Pau) Greuter Echinops spinosissimus subsp. macrolepis (Boiss.) Greuter Echinops spinosissimus subsp. neumayeri (Vis.) Kožuharov Echinops spinosissimus subsp. spinosissimus
Names & Synonyms
Gelo helvo pevero
References (1)
- Yesil, Y., et al, 2019, Wild edible plants in Yeşilli (Mardin-Turkey), a multicultural area. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2019) 15:52
