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Eryngium falcatum
Falcate eryngo is a perennial herb of the carrot family with tall, bluish-grey stems and spiny green flowerheads, native to dry, open ground in the Eastern Mediterranean. It needs full sun and well-drained, lean soil to thrive.
Eryngium falcatum, commonly known as the falcate eryngo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the Eastern Mediterranean.
It is native to the East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, and in Turkey along the southern edge.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eryngium falcatum 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.
