Eryngium guatemalense (Guatemalan sea holly)
Other names: Guatemalan eryngo, Eryngium cymosum
E. guatemalense is a rosette-forming, tender to borderline hardy, semi-evergreen perennial with spiny, strap-shaped, mid-green leaves and, from summer into autumn, an upright, sturdy, branching stems bearing dense, conical umbels of brown-black flowers surrounded by linear, spiny, grey-green bracts.
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0.75m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Eryngium horridum (Pineapple eryngium)
Other names: Pineapple sea holly
E. horridum is a rosette-forming, evergreen perennial with long, linear, softly-spined, mid-green leaves and branching stems bearing white to pale green, spherical flowerheads in summer.
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0.45m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Eryngium agavifolium (Agave-leaved sea holly )
Other names: Eryngium bromeliifolium
E. agavifolium is a rosette-forming, evergreen perennial with spiny, glossy, sword-shaped, deep green leaves and, in summer, branched stems bearing pale green to white, cylindrical flowerheads surrounded by spiny bracts.
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1.5m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: Eryngium paniculatum
E. eburneum is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial with narrowly-linear, spiny, mid-green leaves and, in late summer, arching, branching stems bearing spherical umbels of greenish-white flowers with spiny, lance-shaped bracts.
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0.6m 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 pandanifolium 'Physic Purple' (Giant sea holly 'Physic Purple')
Other names: Eryngium decaisneanum 'Physic Purple'
'Physic Purple' is a tufted, clump-forming, evergreen perennial with a rosette of linear to sword-shaped, spiny, silvery green leaves and, from late summer into autumn, erect, branching stems bearing cone-shaped umbels of dark purple to maroon flowers.
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1m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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