Blue Eryngo - Eryngium planum
Medium to tall, stiffly branched, hairless plant. Basal leaves oblong-heart-shaped, toothed, occasionally 3 lobed. Stem leaves short stalked or clasping. Flowerheads bluish, rather egg shaped, numerous, in branched clusters, 10 to 20 mm with up to 8 narrow spiny bracts.
Other escaped garden Eryngium species and varieties may turn up
An occasional garden escape usually found close to habitation.
Flowers July -August
Perennial.
Widespread but infrequent garden escape.
Rare as a garden escape in Leicestershire and Rutland it was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.
It is not listed in the current checklist (Jeeves, 2011)
Graham Calow
Higham on the Hill
09 July 2015
Graham Calow
Higham on the Hill
09 July 2015
Graham Calow
Higham on the Hill
09 July 2015
basal leaves
Graham Calow
Higham on the Hill
09 July 2015
stem leaves
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Species profile
- Common names
- Blue Eryngo
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Apiales
- Family:
- Apiaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 09/07/2015 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 08/08/2019 (Cunningham, Sally)
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