| Echinops exaltatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Echinops |
| Species: | E. exaltatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Echinops exaltatus Schrad. 1818 not Koch 1843 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Echinops exaltatus, the Russian globe thistle or tall globe thistle, [2] is European species of globe thistle in the family Asteraceae. It is native to central and eastern Europe from Germany and Italy east into Russia. [3] The species has escaped cultivation and become established in the wild in scattered locations in eastern Canada and the northern United States. [4]
