General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 18-24 inches
Plant Spread: 12-18 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Green
White
Other: Narrow greenish bracts surrounding umbels of small greenish-white flowers.
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Self
Beetles
Flies
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Field Eryngo
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Eryngium campestre
  • Synonym: Eryngium campestre var. virens

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Location: Monção, Portugal
Date: 2023-06-07
Location: Monção, Portugal
Date: 2023-06-07

Date: 2021-08-16

Date: 2021-08-16

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