Eryngium creticum, Lam.
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12. E. creticum Lam. View in CoL , Encycl. Méth. Bot. 4: 754 (1798).
Perennial, or sometimes biennial or annual; stems (12-)25-100 cm, erect, much-branched above. Basal leaves slightly coriaceous, decaying early; lamina 5-15x3-15 cm, very variable, oblongovate to suborbicular, cordate or truncate at base, undivided and crenate-dentate to 3-sect with 2-pinnatifid segments; petiole 1-2 times as long as lamina, unwinged. Inflorescence bluish, very diffuse, with usually numerous pedunculate, globose capitula 0-5-1 cm. Bracts 1-3 cm, 5-7, linear-lanceolate, pungent, with 1-2 pairs of spines; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 3-cuspidate. Sepals c. 1-5 mm, ovate, mucronate. Fruit sparsely scaly, the scales not overlapping. Dry places. Balkan peninsula and Aegean region, extending northwards to Slovenija. Al Bu Cr G r Ju Tu [It].
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Eryngium creticum
Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
E. creticum
Lam. 1798: 754 |