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'''''Echinops sahyadricus''''', the '''Sahyadri globe thistle''', is a [[species]] of flowering plant.<ref name="inaturalist-Echinops sahyadricus">{{cite web |title=Echinops sahyadricus (Sahyadri Globe Thistle) |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1145429-Echinops-sahyadricus |website=iNaturalist |access-date=2021-09-14 |language=en}}</ref> It is a medium sized [[forb]] belong to the tribe [[Cardueae]] in the family [[Asteraceae]]. ''E. sahyadricus'' was discovered by a [[Mumbai University]] student at the [[Rajgad Fort]], and it was formally described in 2020.<ref name="th">{{cite news |last1=Mishra |first1=Lalatendu |title=New species of Echinops found in Sahyadri mountains |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/new-species-of-echinops-found-in-sahyadri-mountains/article32944224.ece |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=26 October 2020 |language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
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==Description==<br />
The species is morphologically similar to ''[[Echinops echinatus]]'', but ''E. sahyadricus'' has a larger inflorescence and leaves with less hair. The species is perennial and spiny, growing up to 180 cm tall. Flowers are white, and blooms from November to December. Fruit is an achene that matures in January.<ref name=more>{{cite journal |last1=More |first1=Sushant |last2=Conti |first2=Fabio |last3=Bhosale |first3=Harshal S. |title=Echinops sahyadricus sp. nov. (Asteraceae: Cardueae), from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India |journal=Nordic Journal of Botany |date=October 2020 |volume=38 |issue=10 |doi=10.1111/njb.02860 |s2cid=226368463 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344848901 |access-date=18 April 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Range==<br />
''Echinops sahyadricus'' is distributed in the northern [[Sahyadri Mountains]] from [[Nashik District]], [[Pune District]], and [[Satara District]]. The [[specific epithet]] ''sahyadricus'' is named for the mountain range where it is endemic.<ref name=more/><br />
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==Ecology==<br />
The species is found on open mountain slopes from 800 to 1400 meters, and it occupies an area of approximately 40 square kilometers. ''[[Apis dorsata]]'' has been observed pollinating the species.<ref name=more/><br />
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