WorldFloraDB - Eryngium pandanifolium

Characteristics

Dull green, branched, erect perennial with a stout taproot. Stems hollow, striate, 1-3 m high. Basal lvs entire, linear, apetiolate, up to 1.5 m long × 5 cm at base; margins with small appressed spines 2-5 mm long; stem lvs similar to basal but reduced. Infl. much-branched; capitula numerous, ovoid to ovoid-cylindric, pedunculate, purplish, 5-8-(10) mm long; bracts and bracteoles entire, ovate-triangular, not exceeding fls in fresh material, 1-2 mm long. Fls numerous, purple-tinged, c. 2 mm diam.; calyx teeth ovate, c. 1 mm long. Fr. scaly, 1-3 mm long.

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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

1.0 - 1.5

Mature height (meter)

2.5

Root system

tap-root

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

It is a tropical plant. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 2,000 m above sea level.

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Naturalized on the banks of ditches in Portugal.

Banks of ditches in Portugal.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	fiber medicinal
Edible	leaves
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	10 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°)	20
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-12
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-