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Eryngium Linnaeus. Common name: Eryngo.

Key to Eryngium

A genus of about 250 species, herbs, tropical and temperate (Plunkett et al. 2018).

References: Bell (1963); Calviño & Downie (2007); Calviño & Levin (2019); Calviño & Levin (2024) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2024); Calviño, Martínez, & Downie (2008); Calviño, Martínez, & Downie (2010); Kees, Weakley, & Poindexter (2024); Mathias & Constance (1945); Plunkett et al. (2018a) In Kadereit & Bittrich (2018). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Will Stuart | Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos | Eryngium leavenworthii source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Eryngium baldwinii | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jennifer Peterson | Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Eryngium cuneifolium | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jacob Dakar | Eryngium maritimum | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Eryngium prostratum CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan M. Cressler | Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Mehdi Chetibi, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Mehdi Chetibi | Eryngium campestre source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos | Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Dimitǎr Boevski, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Dimitǎr Boevski | Eryngium campestre source | Original Image ⭷ Warning: was NOT research grade.
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Eryngium prostratum | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos | Eryngium leavenworthii source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium | Original Image ⭷

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