| Family | APIACEAE |
| Genus species | Eryngium billardierei F.Delaroche |
| Bibliography | Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 87 (1807) |
| Native Range | ec. Turkey to Lebanon and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves coriaceous, ovate-orbiculate, trisect, segments lanceolate, decurrent, pinnate, spinose-dentate, stem leaves sessile, lanceolate, inflorescence corymbose |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring; root cuttings in late winter |
| Synonyms | Eryngium balchanicum Bobrov Eryngium billardierei var. meiocephalum Boiss. Eryngium caerulescens Jacquem. ex C.B.Clarke Eryngium nigromontanum Boiss. & Buhse Eryngium orientale Stapf & Wettst. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |