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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eryngium integrifolium   FAMILY Apiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eryngium integrifolium   FAMILY Apiaceae

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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image of Eryngium integrifolium, Savanna Eryngo, Blueflower Eryngo

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 (2023).

image of Eryngium integrifolium, Savanna Eryngo, Blueflower Eryngo

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmeintegrifolium_ga

August        

Flowers bluish in 0.25" roundish heads, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eryngium integrifolium   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eryngium integrifolium   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

 

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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)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins weakly dentate-spinose

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)
Margins crenate or serrate, rarely entire

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
5-merous
Inferior ovary

Flowers in compact heads

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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