1968

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont & Mountains)

Look for it in savannas, pine flatwoods, seepages, other moist, nutrient-poor places, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet ...Moist

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Flowers in compact heads

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• All About South Carolina Wildflowers p150
• Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p187
• Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p166
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p177
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p213
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p113
• Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p210

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Eryngium integrifolium   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eryngium integrifolium   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 140-04-005:
Eryngium integrifolium   FAMILY Apiaceae