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Plants EriobotryaEryngium giganteum

Eryngium amethystinum
Amethyst Eryngium
Their tall, striking foliage and thistlelike clusters of flowers make them a favorite border or rock garden plant. Many are drought-tolerant.

 


Eryngium yuccifolium
Rattlesnake Master
A unique and eye-catching plant for a dry, sunny site. Slightly spiny leaves are arranged in a rosette that resembles Yucca.

Eryngium agavifolium
(Agave-Leaved Sea Holly)
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Eryngium planum
( Blue Dwarf Flat Sea Holly )
From midsummer to early autumn, Eryngium planum bears many rounded umbels, 1/2 to 3/4 inch long, of light blue flowers with spiky, blue-green bracts, to 1 inch long.

Eryngium campestre

Nombres relacionados: Achupalla (castellano), Apiaceae (familia), Cabezuela (castellano), Card panical (catalán), Cardo corredor (castellano), Cardo setero (castellano), Eryngium planum (similar), Eryngo (inglés), ...

Eryngium comes from the Greek word, eyringion, a name used for the species Eryngium campestre by Theophrastus. He was an important and influential botanist of antiquity and a student of Aristotle. Giganteum means very large.

ERYNGIUM FOETIDUM L. - FITWEED.
Common name
Fitweed, culantro, recao, long coriander, mexican coriander, ngo gai, spiritweed, bhandhania, shado benni, false coriander, daun ketumbar Java, sawtooth coriander, Mei guo ci yan sui, ...

Eryngium bourgatii
Sea Holly,Eryngium bourgatii is a very uniquely ornamental, perennial plant which is among the favorites of many varieties of butterfly. The prickly foliage of this plant is variegated green and white.

Eryngium planum 'Blauer Zwerg' (syn. 'Blue Dwarf')
Genus: Eryngium
Species: planum
Cultivar: 'Blauer Zwerg' (syn. 'Blue Dwarf') ...

Sea holly (Eryngium amethystinum)
Amethyst flower heads surrounded by 2-inch silvery-blue bracts open atop tall stems in summer, emerging from a rosette of spiny, medium green leaves.

The botanic­al genus name Eryngium goes back to the Greek name of the related sea holly (Eryngium maritimum ), which was called eryngion [á¼ Ïá½"γγιον]; the name is probably related to er [ἦÏ] spring time (cognate to Latin ver).

"Sapphire Blue" was bred from European Eryngium to enhance the metalic blue coloration to the leaves & flowers.

Button Snakeroot (Eryngium yuccifolium) - leaf detail © Daniel Reed ...

As a native of the prairie, Eryngium yuccifolium is well-adapted to drought and excess sun. Its bold flowers are reminiscent of Echinops ritro, but aren't quite as showy. The yucca-like foliage makes it an excellent texture-providing specimen.

About Eryngium
Eryngium maritimum is a perennial wildflower found along European seacoasts, and although its natural habitat is widespread, it is an endangered species. The flowers of E. maritimum are hermaphrodite, so the plant is self-fertile.

Eryngium leavenworthii
Leavenworth's Eryngo is a prickly, 20-40 in. annual with a leafy stem, broadly branched in the upper portion. Almost the entire plant has some shade of purple.

Eryngium foetidum
Family: Apiaceae
Fitweed, Culantro, Long coriander, Mexican coriander
Origin: Caribbean ...

ERYNGIUM The Sea Holly. Bears thistle-like flower heads, and has spiky foliage. Grows 600 mm to 1.2 m (2 to 4 ft) tall with flowers and stems of a steely blue. Season, from July-September. Excellent as cut flower.

8/333: Eryngium (250). World-wide (map: see Meusel et al. 1978; Hultén & Fries 1986).
Synonymy: Eryngiaceae Berchtold & J. Presl, Saniculaceae Berchtold & J. Presl
5. Apioideae Seemann ...

Eryngium yuccifolium 'Kershaw Blue' (PDN 2006) (N)
Eucomis 'Sparkling Burgundy' (PDN 1997)
Eupatorium compositifolium 'Dusty Roads' (PDN 2005) (N)
Farfugium japonicum 'Escargot' (PDN 2010) (N)
Farfugium japonicum 'Shishi Botan' (Japan , B.

Eryngium agavifolium (sea holly)
Erythronium dens-canis (dog's tooth violet)
Eschscholzia californica (California poppy)
Eupatorium cannabinum (hemp agrimony)
Euphorbia (spurges)
Fritillaria (fritillaries)
Calanthus nivalis (snowdrop) ...

Eryngium - the sea Holly
Euphatorium. mWill grow well in boggy conditions.
Euphorbia palustris types - Spurge
Filipendula ulmaria and others
Geranium cultivars G. Ann Folkard, and most others.
Gaultheria.

Do you crave the unmistakable flavor of cilantro but dislike the plant's penchant for bolting-- Culantro (Eryngium foetidium), an easy-to-grow tender perennial, tastes like cilantro but doesn't easily bolt.

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Chefs and gardeners rue hot summer days that make cilantro bolt. Vietnamese coriander (Pologonum odoratum) & Mexican coriander (Eryngium foetidum) extend the harvest.
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Bronze Fennel small cluster of yellow flowers. Aniseed scent. Attractive spike feathery Purple Green leaves. Ht 6 ½ ft 2m Good at the back of borders together with eryngiums or lavender.

Planting it with a more subtle but equally attention-grabbing plant, such as 'Miss Wilmott's Ghost' (Eryngium giganteum), achieves a rather pleasing contrast of color and flower type.

Cubeb pepper (Piper cubeba)
Cudweed (Gnaphalium spp.) (Vietnam)
Culantro, culangot, long coriander (Eryngium foetidum)
Cumin (Cuminum cyminum)
Curry leaf (Murraya koenigii)
Curry plant (Helichrysum italicum) ...

Again, there may be a raceme of capitula, that is, a group of capitula disposed in a racemose manner, as in Petasites, a raceme of umbels, as in ivy, and so on, all the forms of inflorescence being indefinite in disposition. In Eryngium the ...

See also: Green, Holly, Viburnum, Sea Holly, Grass

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