Family - Indian Society of Weed Science

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Echinops echinatus Roxb.
Common Name : Indian globethistle
Family : Asteraceae
A rigid, pubescent, annual herb, up to 1 m tall.
Erect with branches widely spreading from the
base.
Alternate, sessile, 7.5-12.5 cm long, oblong,
pinnatifid, covered with cottony wool beneath,
the lobes triangular and oblong, sinuate and
spiny, the spines often 2.5 cm long.
Flower heads white or purple, compact,
globose, 2.5-3.8 cm in diameter, clustered at the
ends of the branches.
Achenes 4 mm long, densely villous; pappus
short, yellowish, forming a short cylindrical
bush above the achene.
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