Eryngium thorifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, endemic to Turkey.
| Eryngium thorifolium | |
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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. thorifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Eryngium thorifolium Boiss. [1] | |
Description and habitat
editEryngium thorifolium is an Eryngo with single tall stem (to 1.5 m), based with round, shield-like, saw-toothed greyish leaves and smaller ones up the stem, flowering with a few branches of yellowy-green flower heads. Under the heads are 6–8 spiny bract-leaves, within the heads the individual flower bracteoles are three-part.[citation needed]
It naturally grows on rocky serpentine soil, and apart from Eryngium pseudothorifolium, lacks close allies.[2]
It may be confused with Eryngium pseudothorifolium, whose leaves are more wedge-topped and less indented at the base, with only 1–3 flower heads, and which grows on marly soil,[3] and also with species of Pimpinella, such as Pimpinella flabellifolia.[citation needed]
Distribution
editReferences
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- 1 2 "Eryngium thorifolium Boiss". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
- ↑ PH Davis (1972). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, vol. 4.
- ↑ PH Davis; RR Mill; Kit Tan (1988). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, vol. 10 (Supplement).
- ↑ "Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi | 2015". Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 December 2025.
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