Eryngium alpinum

Taxobox
name = "Eryngium alpinum"


image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
subregnum = Tracheobionta
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Apiales
familia = Apiaceae
genus = "Eryngium"
species = "E. alpinum"
binomial = "Eryngium alpinum"
binomial_authority = L.

"Eryngium alpinum" (Alpine Sea Holly) is a species of "Eryngium", native to the Alps, Jura, and northwestern Balkan mountains.

It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 6 dm tall, with spiny leaves 8-15 cm long. The flowers are bluish to white, and produced in dense umbels 4 cm long and 2 cm diameter with a ring of white to violet or blue basal bracts.

It is cultivated as an ornamental plant for the pale flowerhead bracts and stark growth form to add contrast in gardens.

References

* [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Eryngium+&SPECIES_XREF=alpinum&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: "Eryngium alpinum"]
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?15712 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Eryngium alpinum"]