NameThatPlant.net: Eryngium prostratum

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eryngium prostratum FAMILY Apiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Spreading Eryngo at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eryngium prostratum FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-04-001:

Eryngium prostratum FAMILY Apiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Spreading Eryngo, Creeping Eryngo

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eryngium prostratum FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eryngium prostratum FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-04-001:
Eryngium prostratum FAMILY Apiaceae

1981

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: floodplain forests, bogs, pond margins, moist ditches and lawns, other moist, open habitats; definitely native southward, perhaps only rather recently spread to the northern parts of our area, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia? definitely native southward

Uncommon (rare in Mountains)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaves not armed

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)
Margins entire or irregularly toothed

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Bluish
5-merous
Inferior ovary

Flowers in compact heads, the heads solitary on peduncles from leaf axils

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps

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