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Eryngium ovinum
Blue Devil (Eryngium ovinum) is a spiny, low-growing perennial from the Carrot family, valued for its metallic blue flower heads. It needs full sun and very well-drained soil to thrive.
Eryngium ovinum, commonly known as the blue devil, is a plant species native to Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eryngium ovinum 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.
