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Sea holly is an extremely tough plant that doesn’t mind a variety of poor soil types. However, it does not do well in clay, which doesn’t drain well. G.N. van der Zee - Getty Images
Eryngium maritimum, the sea holly or sea eryngo, or sea eryngium, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae and native to most European coastlines. It resembles a thistle in appearance because of its burr-shaped inflorescences .
Try these dramatic sea holly varieties for year-long displays of thistle-style flower heads and highly textural foliage
The genus name Eryngium was established by Linnaeus in 1753 where he mentioned eight species, including two from America (E. aquaticum, E. foetidum).Linnaeus, in Genera Plantarum (1754), cited his source of the name Eryngium as being from Joseph Tournefort’s Institutiones rei herbariae (1700).
Eryngium planum, the blue eryngo [1] or flat sea holly, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the area that includes central and southeastern Europe and central Asia. It is an herbaceous perennial thistle growing to 50 cm (20 in) with branched silvery-blue stems, and numerous small blue conical flowerheads surrounded ...
Eryngium campestre is a stiff, hairless, prickly perennial plant. It resembles the better known sea holly (Eryngium maritimum), but is taller and less robust, and the stem and leaves are paler and not bluish-green. The palmate leaves have more slender lobes which are tipped with spines, and the bracts below the flower heads are slender.
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