Eryngium

corn snakeroot

Other common names

dill
eringo
see moreeringoe
eryngo
finckle
finkel
ivory thistle
meeting seed
rattlesnake weed
sea holly
spingel

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Botanical details

Family: Apiaceae
Native to the UK: No
Genus: Eryngium
Genus description: Eryngium can be annuals, biennials or perennials with simple or divided leaves, often spiny edged, and cone-like flower-heads often surrounded by an involucre of conspicuous spiny bracts
Name status: Correct

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