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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Plant Height: 12-18 inches
Plant Spread: 12-18 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Other: Frequently grown for the silver-gray foliage
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Other: Blue-violet
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Leavenworth's eryngo
  • Eryngo
  • Sea Holly
  • Leavenworth Eryngo
  • Purple Button-Willow

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Location: north central Texas
Date: 2020-08-22
Amazing branching.  Later collected this for seeds.  So far, noth
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Hts, MI
Date: 2010-08-02

Date: August 25, 2012
Eryngo in bloom

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
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Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Hts, MI
Date: 2010-08-02
Location: Medina Co., Texas
Date: August 25, 2012
Eryngo, spines above and below the bloom
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Hts, MI
Date: 2010-08-02
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Hts, MI
Date: 2010-08-02
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Hts, MI
Date: 2010-08-02
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2016-02-19
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