Unusual Umbellifers

Sea-holly Lagoecia Sea-holly Field Eryngo



Carrot Family - Apiaceae

Field Eryngo      Eryngium campestre

Native throughout most of Europe and the Mediterranean Region. Common in fields and open, grassy places.

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Flowers
Flowers
Basal leaves


Cretan Eryngo      Eryngium creticum

Native from Italy through the Middle East to Iran.

Cretan Eryngo
Spring leaf rosette


Sea-holly      Eryngium maritimum

Found on coastal sand and shingle along low-lying coastlines throughout Europe and the Mediterranean Region.

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Lagoecia      Lagoecia cuminoides

Native throughout much of the Mediterranean region to Iran, though absent from some of the larger islands. A small but highly distinctive species of stony ground.

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Habit
Young flowerhead
Young flowerhead
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Flowerhead
Flowers
Leaves