Eryngium giganteum

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Eryngium giganteum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Eryngium giganteum, Bieb. (E. asperifolium, Delar. E. glaucum, Hoffm ). Stout, 6 ft., the root thick and turnip-shaped, the st. simple below and 4-5-forked above: Lvs. coriaceous, the basal ones broadly cordate or cordate-triangular, toothed; st.-lvs. more or less 3-lobed, spinuloae-dentate: heads cylindrical or ovoid-cylindrical, 3-4 in. long, in an ample infl., blue or pale green; involucral bracts lanceolate to obovate, very rigid, much cut; fls. very many; sepals ovate or ovate- lanceolate; petals obovate-lanceolate. Caucasus, Asia Minor. Gn. 46, p. 523; 70, p. 111. G.34:95. R.H. 1906, p. 379. G.W. 15, p. 479. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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