| Family | APIACEAE |
| Genus species | Eryngium variifolium Coss. |
| Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 22: 59 (1875) |
| Native Range | Morocco (High Atlas) |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | basal leaves orbiculate to cordate, 5-10cm, dark shiny green, with conspicuously white venation, floral heads subspherical with lanceolate, spinose, white bracts |
| Size | 20-40cm |
| Color | greyish 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 dichotomum var. ficariifolium Ball Eryngium dichotomum var. variifolium (Coss.) H.Wolff Eryngium tricuspidatum var. variifolium (Coss.) H.Wolff |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) |