Echinops viscosus subsp. viscosus
(GLOBE-THISTLE) (Topuz, Gökdiken)
(Drüsenhaarige Kugeldistel)
Compositae (Asteraceae)

Perennial herbs. Stem erect, sturdy, ridged, with purplish multicellular glandular setae. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate to oblong in outline, 2-3-pinnatisect. Heads several on each stem, up to 10 cm diameter. Phyllaries c. 20, spines. Corolla blue or whitish; tube up to 18 mm. Achenes up to 9 mm. Pappus bristles connate. Capitulum edible. Fl. June-August. Rocky limestone and igneous slopes, in macchie and steppe, Quercus and Pinus woods, roadsides, fallow fields, s.l

Türkiye, Greece, Crete, Sicily.