Echinops bannaticusRochel ex Schrad.

WFO wfo-0000129079 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Echinops bannaticus, photographed by Neil Smith
fig. a Neil Smith, CC0 1.0 / 2021-10-27 / obs. 171650837
Echinops bannaticus, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. b Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 85508567
Echinops bannaticus, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. c Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 22778688
Echinops bannaticus, photographed by Andreas Stiller
fig. d Andreas Stiller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 21325125
Echinops bannaticus, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. e Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 46645739
Echinops bannaticus, photographed by Marc Hermann
fig. f Marc Hermann, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157224408
Echinops bannaticus, photographed by Anthony Batista
fig. g Anthony Batista, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164212957
Echinops bannaticus, photographed by nevwright
fig. h nevwright, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152443857

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Echinops bannaticus is native: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Ukraine AlbaniaBulgariaGreeceKrymNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaUkraine
Native distribution of Echinops bannaticus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Greece GRC
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
Ukraine UKR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Echinops armatus Steven
  • Echinops bannaticus subsp. bannaticus
  • Echinops quercifolius Freyn
  • Echinops rochelianus Griseb.
  • Echinops rochelianus var. rochelianus

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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