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Echinops
	Echinops adenocaulos with a shield bug
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae;
(unranked):	Angiosperms;
(unranked):	Eudicots;
(unranked):	Asterids;
Order:	Asterales;
Family:	Asteraceae;
Tribe:	Cynareae;
Genus:	Echinops; L.
Species
	About 120 species, see text

This article is about the plant. For other uses, see Echinops (mammal).

Echinops (pronounced /ˈɛkɨnɒps/)^[1] is a genus of about 120 species of thistles in the daisy family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They are native to Europe east to central Asia and south to the mountains of tropical Africa.

Species include:

[edit] References

^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607

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[0] Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607

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