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Spiky green

Even the thorn could be beautiful

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  1. View Jivko Nakev's profile
    Jivko Nakev
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    Need help to ID. Posted 10 years ago
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      It looks like an Echinops sp.
      http://www.bgflora.eu/Genus%20Echinops%20EN.html
      http://www.bgflora.eu/Genus%20Echinops%20BUL.html
      http://www.bgflora.net/families/asteraceae/echinops/echinops_en.html
      http://www.bgflora.net/families/asteraceae/echinops/echinops.html
      http://books.google.bg/books?id=gyhGYRdBhz4C&pg=PA156&lpg=PA156&dq=Echinops+%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F&source=bl&ots=Jm04WMaq2V&sig=Jmey94dzE_076MwAttIvLg3k0a8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=viZfVI25GMTZapmKgLAI&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Echinops%20%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F&f=false

      Another key in German
      http://blumeninschwaben.de/Zweikeimblaettrige/Korbbluetler/kugeldistel.htm       Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
      1. View Jivko Nakev's profile
        Jivko Nakev
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        Thank you for the help. I tried to narrow further and think it is most probably Echinops sphaerocephalus.
        BTW, this is the only Echinops species included in the multilingual Botanical dictionary (BG-DE-EN-RU-FR-Latin) from 1994, containing the most plants recorded in Bulgaria.         Posted 10 years ago
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          That's because it is the most common species. I didn't have time to try to follow the keys. Posted 10 years ago

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The Glandular globe-thistle

''Echinops sphaerocephalus'', known by the common names glandular globe-thistle, great globe-thistle or pale globe-thistle, is a Eurasian species of globe-thistle belonging to the thistle tribe within the sunflower family.

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Similar species: Asterales
Species identified by Jivko Nakev
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By Jivko Nakev

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Uploaded Nov 9, 2014. Captured Jul 6, 2014 11:33 in 8103, Golemo Malovo, Bulgaria.
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  • Canon EOS 70D
  • f/3.2
  • 1/1600s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.