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Eryngium bourgatii
Amethyst eryngo (Eryngium bourgatii) is a hardy perennial of the carrot family with spiny, metallic blue-violet flowerheads. Give it full sun and well-drained, lean soil, since it dislikes wet roots and rich feeding.
Eryngium bourgatii, the Mediterranean sea holly (also known as Pyrenean eryngo), is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae native to Andorra, France, Spain, and Morocco. It is an herbaceous perennial, growing to 15–45 cm (6–18 in) tall. The spherical, blue flowerheads have typically spiny bracts.
The species was named after a French medical doctor named Bourgat who collected plants in the Pyrenees in the company of Antoine Gouan, the author of the species, between 1766 and 1767.
Eryngium bourgatii is fairly common in Spain, where it may be found growing as far south as Andalucía and further inland in Castile and León, as well as in the Community of Madrid and in Extremadura, among other locations. However, the plant is mostly found within the Pyrenees and in Spain's northern coastal regions—hence the common name Pyrenean eryngo—where it is known from eastern Galicia and Asturias through Cantabria and the Basque Country, eastward into Andorra and some inland parts of Catalonia. In southwestern France, it grows throughout the Pyrenees, straddling the Spanish-French border and growing on either side.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eryngium bourgatii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
