Echinops setifer

Echinops setifer is a perennial globe thistle species of flowering plant in the genus Echinops, native to central and southern Japan, Korea and eastern China.^[1]

Echinops setifer
Echinops setifer in its native habitat at Higotai-park, Kujū highlands near Mount Kujū, Kyushu Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Echinops
Species:	E. setifer
Binomial name
Echinops setifer Ilyin.