Eryngium glomeratum, known as the clustered eryngo[2], or ball eryngo,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native from Greece through to Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia.[1]
| Eryngium glomeratum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Eryngium |
| Species: | E. glomeratum |
| Binomial name | |
| Eryngium glomeratum Lam, 1798 [1] | |
Description and habitat
editAn Eryngo with numerous narrow tallish stems (to 60(100) cm) with many finely divided leaves, and a dense cylindrical presentation of flowerheads, the whole plant maturing greyish-green. Each flowerhead is surrounded by 5–6 slender spine-leaves, usually long, and within a head each small flower is attended by a small simple spine. It naturally grows in rocky places.[4][5][6]
It is allied to Eryngium amethystinum (Europe) and Eryngium desertorum (Syria). Due to the fine leaves, it might also be confused vegetatively with Eryngium kotschyi (Turkey) or the rare Eryngium babadaghense (SW Turkey).[4][6][5][7]
Distribution
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- 1 2 3 "Eryngium glomeratum Lam". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-12-27.
- ↑ "Eryngium glomeratum Lam". Flora of Israel and adjuscent areas. Retrieved 2025-12-27.
- ↑ "mittelmeerflora.de".
- 1 2 PH Davis (1972). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, vol. 4.
- 1 2 "The Flora of Greece project | Flora of Greece – An annotated checklist". Flora of Greece. Retrieved 2025-12-27.
- 1 2 George E Post. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai ed. 2 vol. 1.
- ↑ Gülay Ecevi̇t Genç; Emine Akalin Uruşak; Arno Wörz (2012). "A new species of Eryngium (Apiaceae) from Turkey: Eryngium babadaghensis".
- ↑ "Eryngium glomeratum Lam". bizimbitkiler.org. Retrieved 2025-12-27.
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