Eryngium davisii
| Eryngium davisii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Eryngium |
| Species: | E. davisii |
| Binomial name | |
| Eryngium davisii Kit Tan & Yıldız [1] | |
Eryngium davisii, in Turkish konya boğadikeni (meaning Konya Eryngo),[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, endemic to Turkey [1].
Description and habitat
A short Eryngo with a number of upright stems (to 20 cm). Near the bases are many complex, smallish leaves (approx. 3 cm, leaf stalks of comparable size) that persist past flowering, whilst the stem leaves' broad stalks are spiny. The stems branch sparsely in the upper flowering parts into a narrow, display of heads, mostly yellowish-green in overall appearance but with the flowers themselves are bluish and appear late August–September. Each flower head is surrounded by 7–9 slender spine-leaves, rather equal, pale green or slightly blue, larger than the flower heads, and within a head each small flower is attended by a small simple spine. It naturally grows at high altitude. Herbarium Photos.
It is closely related to Eryngium heldreichii (Turkey) whose stem leaves' broad stalks lack the spines; and to Eryngium bourgatii (W. Europe), of which E. heldreichii used to be counted as a subspecies. [3]
Distribution
It is endemic to Turkey,[1] in the southwest near Konya.[2][3]
References
- 1 2 3 Plants of the World Online (with map)
- 1 2 "bizimbitkiler.org (with map)".
- 1 2 A Güner; N Özhatay; T Ekim; KHC Başer (2001). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, vol. 11 (Supplement).