Eryngium baldwinii
| Eryngium baldwinii | |
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| Photo by John B. of Blue Moon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicots |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Eryngium |
| Species: | E. baldwinii |
| Binomial name | |
| Eryngium baldwinii Spreng. | |
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| Natural range of Eryngium baldwinii from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common Name: Baldwin's eryngo[1]
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[hide]Taxonomic Notes
Synonym: Eryngium baldwini
Description
Eryngium baldwinii is a dioecious biennial or perennial that grows as a forb/herb.[1] It is aromatic, is low, and creeps along the ground. Leaves are 7 cm long and 2.5 cm wide and can be shaped as ovate, oblong, lanceolate, entire, dentate, cleft or pinnatifid. Flowers are dark to light blue 8 mm long and 4 mm wide.[2] Branches are 1.5-5 dm long and 0.3-1 mm in diameter.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs from southern Georgia and southern Alabama, south to southern Florida.[4]
Ecology
Habitat
E. bladwinii is found in swamps, wet pine flatwoods, fresh to brackish marshes, bogs,[2] ditches,[2][4] pinelands, temporary pools, and other moist to wet sites.[4]
Phenology
In Florida, E. baldwinii has been observed to flower in the spring (April) through fall (October).[2][5][3]
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 USDA NRCS (2016) The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 01 February 2018). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Tobe JD, Burks KC, Cantrell RW, Garland MA, Sweeley ME, Hall DW, Wallace P, Anglin G, Nelson G, Cooper JR, Bickner D, Gillbert K, Aymond N, Greenwood K, Raymond (1998) Florida Wetland Plants: An Identification Manual. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallhassee, FL
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Bell CR (1963) The genus Eryngium in the southeastern United States. Castanea 28(3):73-79.
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 4.2 Weakley AS (2015) Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- Jump up ↑ Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 1 FEB 2018
