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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (3/4/24):
Eryngium integrifolium
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Savanna Eryngo at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eryngium integrifolium
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eryngium integrifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-04-005:
Eryngium integrifolium FAMILY Apiaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eryngium integrifolium
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eryngium ludovicianum
COMMON NAME:
Savanna Eryngo, Blueflower Eryngo
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Alan S. Weakley asw_917359422928617
April Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Blades of basal leaves 3-7 (-10) cm long, acute to obtuse apically; margins lacking spiny tips, per Weakley's Flora (2024).
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Chuck Hubbuch chk_3056b
August Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Flowers in compact thimble-shaped heads < 1/2" wide and resting on a whorl of stiff spiny bracts, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Chuck Hubbuch chk_3056c
August Greenville County SC
in cultivation
The tiny flowers grow densely in rounded heads 5-10mm wide; petals are blue to pale greenish-blue, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeintegrifolium_ga
August
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (3/4/24):
Eryngium integrifolium
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eryngium integrifolium
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eryngium integrifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-04-005:
Eryngium integrifolium
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eryngium integrifolium
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eryngium ludovicianum
1968
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, pine flatwoods, seepages, swamps, wet meadows, other moist, nutrient-poor places, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Flowers subtended by a whorl of stiff spiny bracts
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)
Margins crenate or serrate, rarely entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue to pale greenish-blue
5-merous
5 petals
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 (Midgley, 1999) p150
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p382
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p437
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p187
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p166
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p033
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p177
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p213
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p113
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p210
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