Eryngium alpinum
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Eryngium alpinum, Linn. Height 12 ft., bluish above, from a thick root: radical Lvs. deeply cordate-triangular, acuminate, coarsely double-crenate; st.-lvs. round- cordate, often 3-lobed at the apex or palmatifid: head globose-cylindrical, about 1 in. long; involucral bracts 12-18, lance-oblong, rigid, multifid; fls. many; sepals ovate-lanceolate; petals somewhat rectangular. Eu. B.M. 922. G.C. III. 53:139. G.M. 46:136. Gn.W. 21:278. G.W. 3:576; 15, p. 478. R.H. 1876, p. 113. Gn. 46:523.—There is a white variety. Prized for the attractive blue color of the heads and upper part of the plant. CH
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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