Eryngium (Genus)
Herbs biennial or perennial , caulescent or acaulescent , usually glabrous. Taproot fusiform or stout. Stem solitary, creeping to erect , branched above. Leaves simple ; petioles sheathing ; blade entire , pinnately or palmately parted or divided , leathery or membranous , venation parallel or reticulate , margin often ciliate to spinose. Umbels simple, capitate forming globose to cylindrical heads ; heads solitary or in cymes , sometimes racemes ; bracts 1 to several, entire or divided, subtending the head ; bracteoles 1 to many, subtending the individual flowers . Flowers small, bisexual , sessile. Calyx teeth prominent , persistent , ovate to lanceolate , acute to obtuse. Petals white or purple, ovate to oblong , with incurved apex. Stylopodium absent; styles shorter than or exceeding the calyx teeth. Fruit globose to obovoid , scarcely flattened laterally, variously covered with scales or tubercles ; ribs obsolete ; vittae mostly 5, inconspicuous; commissure broad. Seed subterete in cross section , face plane or slightly concave. Carpophore absent.
Between 220 and 250 species : tropics and temperate regions worldwide, especially South America; two species in China.[1 ]
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Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium sanguisorba Embryo drawing of Eryngium sanguisorba Photographer: Robert J. Gibbons ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 148011
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium yuccifolium Flower(s) Photographer: Chris Evans Copyright: © Chris Evans Permissions for Use: see here . ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 248433
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium foetidum Photographer: David Stang Date Taken: November 07, 2005 Location Taken: United States Botanic Garden Copyright: © 2005 David Stang ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 82267
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium \'Sapphire Blue\' Photographer: David Stang Date Taken: October 13, 2006 Location Taken: Merrifield Garden Center , Fairfax VA USA Copyright: © 2006 David Stang ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 250584
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium foetidum This genus has the flowers in heads rather than umbels. Photographer: George K. Linney Copyright: © George K. Linney ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 118024
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium planum Photographer: David Stang Date Taken: April 19, 2006 Location Taken: the United States National Arboretum , Washington D.C. Copyright: © 2006 the BayScience Foundation ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 128033
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium sanguisorba A-B: Fruit segment in two views; C: embryo in situ within fruit segment; D: transection of fruit segment of Eryngium sanguisorba Photographer: Lynda E. Chandler or Karen Parker ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 148005
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium armatum Photographer: Brother Alfred Brousseau Courtesy of St. Mary\'s College of California. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 89219
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium aquaticum Eryngium aquaticum (rattlesnakemaster) Photographer: Jim Stasz Copyright: © Jim Stasz Permissions for Use: See here . ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 22104
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium planum Photographer: David Stang Date Taken: April 06, 2006 Location Taken: the United States National Arboretum , Washington D.C. Copyright: © 2006 the BayScience Foundation ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 126571
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium \'Sapphire Blue\' Photographer: David Stang Date Taken: August 06, 2006 Location Taken: Merrifield Garden Center , Fairfax VA USA Copyright: © 2006 David Stang ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 132642
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium yuccifolium Plant(s) Photographer: Chris Evans Location Taken: United States Copyright: © Chris Evans. Permissions for Use: see www.ForestryImages.org . ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 161480
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium vaseyi Photographer: The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Date Taken: 2007 Location Taken: California, United States of America Copyright: © 2007 This image belongs to The New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium . ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 209153
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium yuccifolium Flower(s) Photographer: Chris Evans Location Taken: United States Copyright: © Chris Evans. Permissions for Use: see www.ForestryImages.org . ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 161481
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium armatum Photographer: Brother Alfred Brousseau Courtesy of St. Mary\'s College of California. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 89222
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium yuccifolium Plant(s) Photographer: Chris Evans Copyright: © Chris Evans Permissions for Use: see here . ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 248432
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium serra Photographer: The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Date Taken: 2007 Location Taken: 20 km by road N of Alto Paraíso, Goiás, Brazil Copyright: © 2007 This image belongs to The New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium . ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 223282
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium prostratum Photographer: The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Date Taken: 2007 Location Taken: Arkansas, United States of America Copyright: © 2007 This image belongs to The New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium . ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 209151
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium diffusum Photographer: The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Date Taken: 2007 Location Taken: United States of America Copyright: © 2007 This image belongs to The New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium . ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 209148
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium petiolatum var. juncifolium Photographer: The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Date Taken: 2007 Location Taken: Oregon, United States of America Copyright: © 2007 This image belongs to The New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium . ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 209149
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium foetidum Photographer: TopTropicals.com Copyright: © TopTropicals.com Permissions for Use: see here . ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 99225
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium aromaticum Photographer: The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Date Taken: 2007 Location Taken: Florida, United States of America Copyright: © 2007 This image belongs to The New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium . ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 209145
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium armatum Photographer: Brother Alfred Brousseau Courtesy of St. Mary\'s College of California. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 89221
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium aristulatum var. aristulatum Photographer: The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Date Taken: 2007 Location Taken: California, United States of America Copyright: © 2007 This image belongs to The New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium . ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 209143
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium aristulatum var. hooveri Photographer: The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Date Taken: 2007 Location Taken: San Benito Co, California, United States of America Copyright: © 2007 This image belongs to The New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium . ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 209144
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium aristulatum Photographer: Brother Alfred Brousseau Courtesy of St. Mary\'s College of California. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 89215
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium constancei Photographer: The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Date Taken: 2007 Copyright: © 2007 This image belongs to The New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium . ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 209146
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium yuccifolium Flower(s) Photographer: Chris Evans Copyright: © Chris Evans Permissions for Use: see here . ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 248434
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium integrifolium Photographer: David Stang Date Taken: October 02, 2006 Location Taken: United States Botanic Garden , Washington D.C. Copyright: © 2006 David Stang ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 137595
Eryngium sanguisorba Eryngium armatum Photographer: Brother Alfred Brousseau Courtesy of St. Mary\'s College of California. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 89223
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Taxonomy
Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
The Genus Eryngium is further organized into finer groupings including:
Footnotes
Sheh Meng-lan, Mark F. Watson "Eryngium". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 24. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org .
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