Eryngium x oliverianum (Oliver eryngo)
E. x oliverianum is an erect, deciduous perennial with ovate to heart-shaped, toothed, dark green leaves and branched stems bearing cone-like umbels of tiny flowers surrounded by showy, narrow, spiny, blue to purple bracts.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Eryngium x tripartitum (Tripartite eryngo)
E. x tripartitum is an herbaceous perennial with a bushy habit. Its basal leaves are grey-green and it has erect, violet-blue branches. In summer and autumn it bears cone-like purple heads with dark-blue bracts.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Eryngium bourgatii (Mediterranean sea holly)
Other names: Bourgati's eryngo
E. bourgatii is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with rounded, deeply lobed, spiny, silver-veined, dark green leaves and, in summer, branching, deep blue stems bearing umbels of blue or grey-green, cone-like flowers with prominent, lance-shaped, blue-flushed, silver bracts.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake master)
Other names: Rattlesnake's master, Button snakeroot, Button eryngo
E. yuccifolium is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with grey-green, strap-shaped leaves with serrated margins and grey-blue, prickly flowers in summer.
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0.8m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Eryngium foetidum (Thorny coriander)
Other names: Saw leaf herb, Culantro, Jia yuan qian, Hom tay, Pak chi farang, Cay muoy than, Cay nuitau, Cay ngo tan, Ngo ngai, Ngo tai, Shado beni, Mexican coriander, Spiritweed, Long coriander, Fitweed, False coriander
E. foetidum is a tender, tap-rooted biennial, often grown as an annual, with basal rosettes of oblong to broadly lance-shaped, spiny-toothed, dark green leaves and upright stems bearing green flower heads surrounded by prominent, lance-shaped, toothed, mid-green bracts.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Eryngium planum 'Blaukappe' (Sea holly 'Blaukappe')
Other names: Eryngium 'Blue Cap'
'Blaukappe' is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial with oblong, toothed, dark green basal leaves and sturdy, blue-flushed, branched stems bearing umbels of blue flowers with prominent, spiky, linear, blue-grey bracts in summer and early autumn.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Eryngium bourgatii 'Graham Stuart Thomas' (Bourgati's eryngo 'Graham Stuart Thomas')
Other names: Sea holly
'Graham Stuart Thomas' is a herbaceous perennial, with deeply cut, silver-blue leaves. In summer it has violet-blue, thistle-like flowers on branching, wiry stems.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Eryngium 'Cobalt Star' (Sea holly 'Cobalt Star')
'Cobalt Star' is a vigorous, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with rounded, deeply lobed, spiny, silver-veined, dark green leaves and, in summer, dark, branching, stems bearing umbels of tiny, purple-blue, cone-like flowers with prominent, lance-shaped, spiny, purple-blue bracts.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.7m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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