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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eryngium ravenelii   FAMILY Apiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eryngium aquaticum var. ravenelii   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Eryngium aquaticum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-04-006b:

Eryngium aquaticum var. ravenelii   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Eryngium ravenelii

 

COMMON NAME:
Ravenel's Eryngo


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image of Eryngium ravenelii, Ravenel's Eryngo

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_eraq_001_lvd

        

image of Eryngium ravenelii, Ravenel's Eryngo

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmeravenelii_0

Month Unknown        

Heads globose, 9-15mm diam. The styles exceed bractlets subtending each flower, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Eryngium ravenelii, Ravenel's Eryngo

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmeravenellii_216

Month Unknown        

image of Eryngium ravenelii, Ravenel's Eryngo

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmeravenellii_2163

Month Unknown        

Leaves w primary veins pinnate-reticulate, with or without marginal bristles, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Eryngium ravenelii, Ravenel's Eryngo

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmeravenellii_2164

Month Unknown        

image of Eryngium ravenelii, Ravenel's Eryngo

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmeravenellii_2165

Month Unknown        

Middle cusp of the bractlets about equal in length to the lateral cusps, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eryngium ravenelii   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eryngium aquaticum var. ravenelii   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Eryngium aquaticum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-04-006b:
Eryngium aquaticum var. ravenelii   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eryngium ravenelii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2440

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, mostly or entirely over calcareous substrate, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins with or without bristles

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
5-merous
Inferior ovary

Flowers in compact heads

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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