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Tuolumne eryngo

Eryngium pinnatisectum

Also called Tuolumne Button Celery, Tuolumne Coyote Thistle

Tuolumne eryngo is a rare, endangered perennial herb from the carrot family, native to foothill wetlands and vernal pools in central California. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, so care advice applies mainly to conservation or native plantings.

Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Keeps moist to wet during its spring growing season in its natural wetland habitat; water regularly while establishing.
Soil
Moist, clay-rich or seasonally wet soil; native to vernal pools and wetland edges.
Temperature
Tolerates the hot dry summers and cool wet winters of its Mediterranean-type native climate; cold tolerance not well documented.
How easy
Hard
Native range
C. California
Climate
temperate

About

Eryngium pinnatisectum is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, known by the common names Tuolumne eryngo and Tuolumne button celery.

Where it grows

The annual or perennial herb is endemic to central California, within areas of Sacramento County, Amador County, Calaveras County, and Tuolumne County.

Other Eryngium plants

Alpine Sea Holly · Amethyst eryngo · Rattlesnakemaster · Eryngium arenosum · California eryngo · Coastal eryngo · Beethistle · Eryngium babadaghense · Baldwin's eryngo · Eryngium billardieri · Eryngium bithynicum · Amethyst Eryngo

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eryngium pinnatisectum 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.

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