''Echinops niveus'' is a species in the genus ''

Echinops ''Echinops'' is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are native to Europe, east to central As ...

'' or globe thistles. It is native to the Indian subcontinent: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Nepal. Nivetin is a

neoflavonoid Neoflavonoids are a class of polyphenolic compounds. While flavonoids (in the narrow sense) have the 2-phenylchromen-4-one backbone, neoflavonoids have the 4-phenylchromen backbone with no hydroxyl group substitution at position 2. Types Neoflav ...

isolated from ''E. niveus''.Nivetin, a neoflavonoid from Echinops niveus. Singh P. and Pandey V.B., Phytochemistry, Volume 29, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 680-681
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niveus Flora of Nepal Flora of West Himalaya {{Cynareae-stub