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Glandular Globe-thistle

Echinops sphaerocephalus

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Common names

30 names · 28 languages
EnglishYour language
  • Glandular Globe-thistle[1][2]
Other languages (27)
Dutch
French
  • Échinops à tête ronde[1][2]
Arabic
  • قنفذي كروي الرأس[2]
Catalan
  • Card d'eriçó[2]
Chinese (Simplified)
  • 欧亚蓝刺头[2]
Chinese (Traditional)
Czech
  • bělotrn kulatohlavý[2]
Danish
  • Fligetbladet tidselkugle[2]
Estonian
  • valkjas mesiohakas[2]
Finnish
  • valkopallo-ohdake[2]
German
  • Drüsenblättrige Kugeldistel[1][2]
Greek
  • Εχίνωψ ο σφαιροκέφαλος[2]
Hungarian
  • fehér szamárkenyér[2]
Italian
  • cardo-pallottola maggiore[1][2]
Japanese
  • エキノプス[2]
  • セイタカヒゴタイ[2]
Latvian
  • Apaļgalvas ežziede[2]
Lithuanian
  • Apskritagalvis bandrenis[2]
Norwegian
  • kuletistel[2]
Polish
  • Przegorzan kulisty[2]
Romanian
Russian
  • Мордовник шароголовый[2]
Slovak
  • ježibaba guľatohlavá[2]
Slovenian
  • oblasti bodoglavec[2]
Spanish
Swedish
  • bolltistel[2]
Turkish
  • şeytanarabası[2]
Ukrainian
  • Головатень круглоголовий[2]
Sources & name notes (2)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

[1] Echinops sphaerocephalus — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy. This is a common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Glandular Globe-thistle — results[0].names[1]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Drüsenblättrige Kugeldistel — results[0].names[4]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Cardicuca — results[0].names[29]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Échinops à tête ronde — results[0].names[3]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • cardo-pallottola maggiore — results[0].names[23]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Beklierde kogeldistel — results[0].names[20]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Kogeldistel — results[0].names[16]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
[2] Echinops sphaerocephalus — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Glandular Globe-thistle — results[13].names[1]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Drüsenblättrige Kugeldistel — results[13].names[4]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Cardicuca — results[13].names[29]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Échinops à tête ronde — results[13].names[3]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • cardo-pallottola maggiore — results[13].names[23]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Beklierde kogeldistel — results[13].names[20]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Kogeldistel — results[13].names[16]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • bělotrn kulatohlavý — results[13].names[5]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • 欧亚蓝刺头 — results[13].names[6]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Мордовник шароголовый — results[13].names[7]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • kuletistel — results[13].names[8]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • valkopallo-ohdake — results[13].names[9]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Apskritagalvis bandrenis — results[13].names[10]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Przegorzan kulisty — results[13].names[11]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • セイタカヒゴタイ — results[13].names[12]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • エキノプス — results[13].names[13]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • ježibaba guľatohlavá — results[13].names[14]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • valkjas mesiohakas — results[13].names[15]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • bolltistel — results[13].names[17]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Εχίνωψ ο σφαιροκέφαλος — results[13].names[18]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • 藍刺頭 — results[13].names[19]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • oblasti bodoglavec — results[13].names[21]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Головатень круглоголовий — results[13].names[22]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • قنفذي كروي الرأس — results[13].names[24]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Fligetbladet tidselkugle — results[13].names[25]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Apaļgalvas ežziede — results[13].names[26]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • fehér szamárkenyér — results[13].names[27]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • şeytanarabası — results[13].names[28]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Card d'eriçó — results[13].names[30]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
  • Rostogol — results[13].names[31]; taxon id 76762; Echinops sphaerocephalus.
Plant references

Source-backed information

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Botanical family
Asteraceae

Genus-level classification for Echinops; this does not confirm the complete catalogue name.

Sources [1]
Native range
Europe to C. Siberia and Xinjiang.

Explicit native locality records in Kew WCVP v16; introduced and doubtful distributions excluded. Continent conversion follows the documented geographic mapping.

Sources [2]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

Medium suitability
Nectar value Medium
Pollen value Medium
Plant profile

About this plant

Glandular Globe-thistle (Echinops sphaerocephalus) is a herbaceous plant. It flowers from July to August.

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Echinops — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: Botanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 808012; ID 49M2; rank genus; status accepted

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Echinops sphaerocephalus — Kew WCVP native distribution

    Native distribution and taxonomic treatment from the official WCVP v16 export (4 June 2026). The link opens the corresponding POWO taxon. Source rows are retained in the native-range audit archive.

    Supports: Native range
    Relevant sections
    • Native range: WCVP v16; wcvp_names.csv lines 420313; wcvp_distribution.csv native locality lines 1586682, 1586684, 1586686, 1586688, 1586689, 1586690, 1586691, 1586692, 1586693, 1586694, 1586695, 1586696, 1586697, 1586698, 1586699, 1586700, 1586701, 1586702, 1586703, 1586704, 1586705, 1586706, 1586708, 1586709, 1586710, 1586711, 1586712, 1586713, 1586714, 1586715, 1586716

    Source checked on .

    Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.