Long Eryngium

Long Eryngium
Long Eryngium
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Eryngium paludosum

Erect spreading prickly plant to 50 cm tall. Ovel leaves mainly at the base to 25 cm long, deeply divided into spiny segments. Oblong flowerheads are blue to mauve with rigid sharply-pointed bracts.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Former Scientific Name
E. rostratum var. paludosum
Distinctive Features

Spiny blue flowers with sharp spines to 3 cm long.
Biology

Perennial. Swampy or flooded areas on sand, loam, clay and cracking clays.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Jan
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Apiales
Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Eryngium
Species
paludosum

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

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Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native