Eryngium falcatum
| Eryngium falcatum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Eryngium |
| Species: | E. falcatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Eryngium falcatum F.Delaroche [1]
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Eryngium falcatum, commonly known as the falcate eryngo,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the Eastern Mediterranean.
Description and habitat
Eryngium falcatum is a narrow Eryngo with several tallish stems (to 1 m) that only near the top branch narrowly into a few small branches bearing a few greenish heads, the upper parts of the plant becoming bluish-grey. The lowest leaves are like spear heads, mostly withering by flowering, the higher leaves becoming like narrow serrated fingers. Each flowerhead is surrounded by 5-6 slender spine-leaves, or like narrow leaves, and within the head each small flower is attended by a comparable 3-part spine.[3][4][5]
It is not readily confused with other Eryngo.[3][4]
It naturally grows in open to semi-open wood, hillsides, dry fields, and similar habitats.[3][4][5]
Distribution
It is native to the East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, and in Turkey along the southern edge.[1][6]
References
- ^ a b "Eryngium falcatum F.Delaroche | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online.
- ^ George E Post. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai ed. 2 vol. 1.
- ^ a b c Hermann Wolff; Adolf Engler. Das Pflanzenreich IV 228 Umbelliferae-Saniculoideae, 1913.
- ^ a b c PH Davis (1972). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, vol. 4.
- ^ a b "Flora of Greece – An annotated checklist". The Flora of Greece. Retrieved 2025-12-27.
- ^ "Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi | 2015". Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2025-12-27.