Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Eryngium baldwinii
FAMILY
Apiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eryngium baldwinii
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Umbelliferae. North American Flora (Mathias & Constance, 1945)
Eryngium baldwini
COMMON NAME:
Baldwin's eryngo, Baldwin's button snakeroot
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Keith Bradley kab_e_baldwinii_9947
March Glades County FL
Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area
Heads subglobose or hemispherical when fully developed, about as wide as long, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Eryngium baldwinii
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eryngium baldwinii
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Umbelliferae. North American Flora (Mathias & Constance, 1945)
Eryngium baldwini
3938
Forb
Biennial/Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Uncommon
Look for it in pinelands, temporary pools, ditches, other moist to wet sites, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaves not armed
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Flowers in compact heads, the heads solitary on peduncles from leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
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