Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Eryngium glaciale Boiss. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2500-2900m |
Description | leaves coriaceous, in outline triangular, petiolate, long decurrent, trisect, spinose, stem leaves sessile, palmatisect, segments narrow, long spinose |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | bluish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring; root cuttings in late winter |
Territory |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (Spain ) Africa Northern Africa (Morocco) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | APIACEAE
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