Eryngium billardieri
| Eryngium billardieri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Eryngium |
| Species: | E. billardierei
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| Binomial name | |
| Eryngium billardierei F.Delaroche [1]
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Eryngium billardierei, Billardiere's Eryngo,[2] in Turkish hıyarok,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native from Turkey and Lebanon-Syria to the Himalaya.[1]
Description and Habitat
An Eryngo with a number of upright stems. Near the bases are few to many complex leaves with moderately broad lobes. The stems branch about halfway up into a loose display of many flower heads that appear Jul to Sep. The flowering parts become very blue. Each flower head is surrounded by 5-9 slender spine-leaves, usually curving down somewhat, and within a head each small flower is attended by a small simple spine (outer ones of the head may be 3-parted). It naturally grows on stony slopes and fallow fields at high altitude (subalpine and alpine).[4]
It is allied to Eryngium kotschyi (Turkey) which has much finer leaves, and also may sometimes be confused vegetatively with Eryngium thyrsoideum, or in Transcaucasia with E. campestre.[5][6][7]
Distribution
It is native from Turkey and Lebanon-Syria to the Himalaya (Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Pakistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, West Himalaya).[1]
Uses and Qualities
Eryngium billardieri is an aromatic herb. The body shells are eaten by peeling like bananas.[8] It is good for hepatitis disease and fatty liver.[9]
References
- ^ a b c Plants of the World Online (with map)
- ^ flora.org.il
- ^ "bizimbitkiler.org (with map)".
- ^ Photos
- ^ PH Davis (1972). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, vol. 4.
- ^ K. H. Rechinger (1987). Flora Iranica vol. 162.
- ^ Hermann Wolff; A. Engler. Das Pflanzenreich IV 228 Umbelliferae-Saniculoideae, 1913.
- ^ "Eryngium billardieri bitki ekstrelerinin biyolojik aktivitelerinin incelenmesi" (PDF) (in Turkish). Karadeniz Technical University, Institute of health sciences. 2020. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ "An ethnobotanical ınvestigation to determine plants used as folk medicine in Kelkit (Gümüşhane/Turkey) district" (in Turkish). Erzincan Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümü. December 15, 2015. p. 3.