Echinops sphaerocephalus L.

Glandular Globe-thistle

Minimum height	60
Maximal height	120
Life form	He
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	DT
Ujvárosi's life form system	H4
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	H
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	NA

Chromosome number	32
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	E621
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	8.4.2
Nativeness	native species
Residence time
Introduction mode
Invasion status
Area type	CON
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)
Year of protection
IUCN Red List category	NE
Hungarian Red List category
Conservation value category	TZ

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	8
EIV T	7
EIV K	6
EIV F	4
EIV R	8
EIV N	7
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	5
WZ-scale	3
RZ-scale	3
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	3-4
FS- scale	2-3
RS- scale	4
NS-scale	3
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	7
WB-scale	3
RB-scale	7
NB-scale	5
LB-scale	8
CB-scale	6
SB-scale	0

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	7521.800
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	260.815
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	8.976
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	3.213
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	838.000

Distribution in Hungary

Distribution maps presented here are only for reference purposes, for more details see the Vascular plants of Hungary online database.

Last update: 3 February 2022.