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Tall Eryngo - Eryngium giganteum

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Tall Eryngo Tall Eryngo - Eryngium giganteum dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 16 Oct 2023, 5:35 p.m. 25 Jul 2023, 12:09 p.m.
Tall Eryngo Tall Eryngo - Eryngium giganteum dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 16 Oct 2023, 5:35 p.m. 25 Jul 2023, 12:10 p.m.
Tall Eryngo Tall Eryngo - Eryngium giganteum dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 16 Oct 2023, 5:35 p.m. 25 Jul 2023, 12:10 p.m.
Tall Eryngo Tall Eryngo - Eryngium giganteum dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 16 Oct 2023, 5:35 p.m. 25 Jul 2023, 12:10 p.m.
Tall Eryngo Tall Eryngo - Eryngium giganteum dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 16 Oct 2023, 5:35 p.m. 25 Jul 2023, 12:10 p.m.
Tall Eryngo Tall Eryngo - Eryngium giganteum dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 16 Oct 2023, 5:35 p.m. 25 Jul 2023, 12:11 p.m.

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Species Description

Stace 4:

Eryngium giganteum M. Bieb. - Tall Eryngo.

Stems erect, to 1.2m; basal leaves triangular-ovate, cordate at base, serrate; upper stem-leaves and bracts sharply toothed, scarcely spiny; capitula grey to bluish, oblong-ovate, 1-2.5cm across; fruits densely scaly; (2n=16). Neophyte-naturalised; grown for ornament, well naturalised on waste ground near Otley (Mid West Yorkshire) since 1986, scattered elsewhere in Britain; Caucasus.

Key:

  • Upper stem-leaves toothed, or lobed ≤1/2 way to base
  • Basal leaves and at least lower stem-leaves shallowly toothed, not spiny