Eryngium


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eryngium

(ɪˈrɪndʒɪəm)
n
(Plants) any plant of the temperate and subtropical perennial umbelliferous genus Eryngium, with distinctive spiny foliage, metallic blue flower heads, and bluish stems, several species of which are grown as garden plants. See also sea holly
[New Latin, from Latin ēryngion, from Greek ērungion a species of thistle]
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Noun 1. [画像:eryngium - large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads]Eryngium - large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
Apiaceae, carrot family, family Apiaceae, family Umbelliferae, Umbelliferae - plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill
eringo, eryngo - any plant of the genus Eryngium
Eryngium maritimum, sea eryngium, sea holly, sea holm - European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac
Eryngium aquaticum, button snakeroot - coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master
button snakeroot, Eryngium yuccifolium, rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's master - coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite
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Eryngium giganteum is a sea holly with steely silver bracts and flowers - the cultivar 'Silver Ghost' is really intense in colour.
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Good companion plants include coneflower (Echinacea), Leucanthemum "Becky," sea holly (Eryngium), Russian sage (Peroviskia), catmint (Nepeta), hardy geranium (Geranium), and stonecrop (Sedum).
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Plants with succulent leaves such as Sedum spectabile, waxy leaves like Pittosporum and spiky Acanthus and Eryngium are excellent choices as well.
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L-R: Rosemary, Eryngium and Sedum Spectabile can all cope relatively well with hot, dry weather
Put a dampener on things; We've had little rain for two months so it's vital we keep our plants well watered ...but in the right way
ERYNGIUM 'BIG BLUE' THIS has wonderful metallic blue prickly flowers.
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Farmers grow yellow lilies, standard eryngium, white agapanthus, planum eryngium, craspedia among others.
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| Know what plants can thrive: Perennials which can be grown in a seaside setting include achillea, crocosmia, eryngium (sea holly), echinops (globe thistle), sedum, heuchera (coral flower), euphorbia, gazania, scabiosa.
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It is a form that gives members SEA HOLLY Eryngium bourgatii Blue Form of this part of the family, especially those with white flowers (some have yellow and, occasionally, pink), a lightness and grace unmatched in any other plant family.
Ever so umbel; As the garden wakes, umbels delight us, offering up a dainty scene as well as important herbs and vegetables and infamous poisons; Gardening club
Larvae of Monopelopia caraguata were collected from Eryngium plants and reared in the laboratory.
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Eryngium es facilmente distinguible de otros miembros de las Apiaceae por sus inflorescencias capitadas y por tener una sola bracteola por flor.
Contribucion al conocimiento del genero Eryngium (Apiaceae) en el estado de Michoacan, Mexico
We studied five state and federally endangered herbs: Liatris ohlingerae, Eryngium cuneifolium, Polygonella basiramia, Hypericum cumulicola, and Paronychia chartacea subsp.
Post-dispersal seed predation, germination, and seedling survival of five rare Florida scrub species in intact and degraded habitats