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Eryngium
corn snakeroot
Other common names
dilleringo
see moreeringoe
eryngo
finckle
finkel
ivory thistle
meeting seed
rattlesnake weed
sea holly
spingel
Botanical details
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- 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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