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Eryngium subgenus Eryngium
Eryngium
Eryngium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. There are about 250 species. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with centres of diversity in the western Mediterranean, South America and Mexico. Common names include eryngo and sea holly (though not to be confused with true hollies, of the genus Ilex). Less commonly known as sea thistle, although they are not true thistles of the family Asteraceae.
60 branches of this group, most-observed first
Field Eryngo
speciesEryngium campestre
Sea Holly
speciesEryngium maritimum
Blue Eryngo
speciesEryngium planum
Italian Eryngo
speciesEryngium amethystinum
Pyrenean Eryngo
speciesEryngium bourgatii
Queen-of-the-Alps
speciesEryngium alpinum
Syrian eryngo
speciesEryngium creticum
Miss Willmott's Ghost
speciesEryngium giganteum
Eryngium × zabelii
hybridEryngium × zabelii
Eryngium dilatatum
speciesEryngium dilatatum
Blue sea holly
speciesEryngium caeruleum
Ball Eryngo
speciesEryngium glomeratum
Eryngium tricuspidatum
speciesEryngium tricuspidatum
Eryngium triquetrum
speciesEryngium triquetrum
Silver Eryngo
speciesEryngium spinalba
Eryngium duriaei
speciesEryngium duriaei
Eryngium ilicifolium
speciesEryngium ilicifolium
Eryngium billardierei
speciesEryngium billardierei
Falcate Eryngo
speciesEryngium falcatum
Moroccan eryngo
speciesEryngium variifolium
Eryngium glaciale
speciesEryngium glaciale
Mediterranean Sea Holly
speciesEryngium heldreichii
Eryngium pusillum
speciesEryngium pusillum
Eryngium bithynicum
speciesEryngium bithynicum
Eryngium palmatum
speciesEryngium palmatum
Eryngium macrocalyx
speciesEryngium macrocalyx
Eryngium aquifolium
speciesEryngium aquifolium
Eryngium thorifolium
speciesEryngium thorifolium
Eryngium × olivierianum
hybridEryngium × olivierianum
Eryngium thyrsoideum
speciesEryngium thyrsoideum
Eryngium pyramidale
speciesEryngium pyramidale
Eryngium bungei
speciesEryngium bungei
Eryngium noeanum
speciesEryngium noeanum
Eryngium dichotomum
speciesEryngium dichotomum
Eryngium ternatum
speciesEryngium ternatum
Eryngium iranicum
speciesEryngium iranicum
Eryngium kotschyi
speciesEryngium kotschyi
Eryngium octophyllum
speciesEryngium octophyllum
Eryngium atlanticum
speciesEryngium atlanticum
Eryngium argyreum
speciesEryngium argyreum
Eryngium huteri
speciesEryngium huteri
Eryngium serbicum
speciesEryngium serbicum
Eryngium bornmuelleri
speciesEryngium bornmuelleri
Eryngium carlinoides
speciesEryngium carlinoides
Eryngium hainesii
speciesEryngium hainesii
Eryngium × tripartitum
hybridEryngium × tripartitum
Eryngium amorginum
speciesEryngium amorginum
Eryngium × chevalieri
hybridEryngium × chevalieri
Eryngium antiatlanticum
speciesEryngium antiatlanticum
Eryngium marocanum
speciesEryngium marocanum
Eryngium caespitiferum
speciesEryngium caespitiferum
Eryngium × mohamedanii
hybridEryngium × mohamedanii
Eryngium pseudothorifolium
speciesEryngium pseudothorifolium
Eryngium wiegandii
speciesEryngium wiegandii
Eryngium wanaturi
speciesEryngium wanaturi
Eryngium polycephalum
speciesEryngium polycephalum
Eryngium karatavicum
speciesEryngium karatavicum
Eryngium × kalotaszegense
hybridEryngium × kalotaszegense
Eryngium × rocheri
hybridEryngium × rocheri
Eryngium × microcephalum
hybridEryngium × microcephalum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Herbarius
1485 · p.164
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.163
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.535
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.302
De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica
Willem Piso · 1658 · p.553
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.191
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.163
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.161
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.189
Garden of Health
1507 · p.398
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.330
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.691
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Eryngium in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1679644.