• Family : Asteraceae
  (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
• Synonym(s) : Echinops coriarius C.B.Clarke; Echinops polygraphus Tschern.; Echinops tibeticus Bunge; Sphaerocephalus corniger (DC.) Kuntze
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Echinops corniger DC.
• Common name : Blue Globe Thistle
• Vernacular name : Kandara, Kantela (Hindi); Aczema (Ladakhi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grazing grounds and stony slopes
• Comments / notes : Common in Ladakh
• Key identification features : An erect, spinescent, perennial herb. Stem very leafy, 30-60 cm long Leaves 10-20 cm, lanceolate with spiny toothed lobes. Spherical inflorescence of numerous densely packed pale blue flower-heads. Achenes villous, obconic.
• Flower, Fruit : July-September
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
• Native : Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Afghanistan to Central Asia and Nepal
• Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 155; Chaurasia O P, Khatoon N and Singh S B (2006), Field Guide-Plant Biodiversity of Ladakh. WWF-India, Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR) and Department of Wildlife Protection, Goverment of Jammu and Kashmir
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Echinops cornigerus. Downloaded on 1 July 2022.

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