Eryngium campestre
Common name
field eryngo
Family
Apiaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
Green
Year naturalised
1940
Origin
Europe, N. Africa
Etymology
eryngium: From the Greek eryngion, a type of spiny-leaved thistle resembling sea holly
campestre: From the Latin campus ‘field, pasture’, meaning growing in pasture