Eryngium monocephalum Cav.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Eryngium

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 3 m tall. The stems are erect and sturdy. They are slightly woody. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped and 10-60 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. They are opposite and taper to the tip. There are 3 cm long spreading teeth along the edge. The flowers are in oval heads. There can be one or several in a dome shaped group. This can be 1 m tall. There are many small flowers. The fruit is wedge shaped or cylinder shaped and 5 mm long. There are a few seeds with 2 wings.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in mountain forests and grassland and rocky and coastal areas up to 3,000 m above sea level.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 5 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Eryngium monocephalum world distribution map, present in Mexico

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:841919-1
WFO ID wfo-0000678075
COL ID 6GRVM
BDTFX ID 101986
INPN ID 611116
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Synonyms

Eryngium involucratum Eryngium monocephalum Eryngium bromeliifolium