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Creeping eryngo

Eryngium prostratum

Creeping eryngo
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
C. & SE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Eryngium prostratum, commonly called creeping eryngo, is a species of plant in the family Apiaceae that is native to the southeastern United States.

It is a perennial that produces blue flowers in the summer through frost on herbaceous stems.

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 prostratum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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