Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Asteraceae

Genus:

Echinops

Species:

Echinops spinosissimus subsp. spinosus

Native Range

Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Northern Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Southeastern Europe: Sicilia, West Tropical Africa: Mauritania, West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Western Asia: Sinai