Eryngium campestre
Field eryngo, Watling Street thistle Ερύγγιο το πεδινό
Umbelliferae - carrot family Dicot.
Eryngium campestre
Field eryngo, Watling Street thistle Ερύγγιο το πεδινό
Umbelliferae - carrot family Dicot.
The unusual flowers of the silver-green, Eryngium campestre, are arranged in globes and surrounded by a star of bracts. They are supported rigid upright branched stems. almost every plant seems to have a spider or an insect, disguised amongst the branches. Presumably the bugs are protected fromtheir predators by the sharp spines of the plants.
Although often referred to as a thistle Eryngium campestre is a member of the carrot family.
The English name Watling Street thistle comes from the fact that the plant, which is rare in U.K.was found close to the eponymous Roman road.
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