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Eryngium

corn snakeroot

Other common names
dill
eringo
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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